moriform

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adjective

Mulberry-like.

OriginLatin morus →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

adjectivemoriform (comparative more moriform, superlative most moriform)

comparative more moriform · superlative most moriform

  1. biologyMulberry-like.

    A moriform (blackberry-like) capitulum is one in which the flower-buds are longer than the interfloral bracts prior to anthesis; when the buds are concealed prior to anthesis by imbricated bracts or by interlocking bracteal setae the capitulum is termed conelike.

    1985, Rupert C. Barneby, The Genus Mimosa (Mimosaceae) in Bahia, Brazil: New Taxa and Nomenclatural Adjustments, in Brittonia, vol. 37, no. 2

Origin

  1. Latinmorus“mulberry”
  2. Englishmoriform

Borrowed from Latin morus (“mulberry”) + -form.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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