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Definition of Genus morus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family
Member holonyms: Mulberry, Mulberry Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Morus
Literary usage of Genus morus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"... each ovary is a fleshy and juicy utricle, and is covered by the fleshy and
juicy calyx.—Nées Von Esenbeck, Genera. k HE genus Morus embraces deciduous ..."
2. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"... Magnolia, all the hardy species of the genus ; Morus alba ; Mac- lura aurantiaca,
in warm situations; ..."
3. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus MORUS, Linn. Red Mulberry (Morus rubra, Linn.)—Large tree, 60 to 70 feet
high, with dense, round head, fibrous roots and milky juice. ..."
4. Sketch of the Evolution of Our Native Fruits by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"other use than the feeding of silk worms, and the botanical perplexities of the
genus Morus, to which these trees belong. For two or three centuries the ..."
5. Forestry in Minnesota by Samuel Bowdlear Green, Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota (1902)
"Genus MORUS. Trees or shrubs with milky sap and alternate, dentate and often
lobed leaves. Flowers monoecious or dioecious (rarely polygamous) in axillary ..."
6. Pennsylvania Trees by Joseph Simon Illick, Pennsylvania Dept. of Forestry (1914)
"GENUS DESCRIPTION—The genus Morus comprises about 10 species of wbich number 3
are native to North America and 1 to Pennsylvania. ..."