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Definition of Moraceous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae.
Definition of Moraceous
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the mulberry plants in the genus ''Moraceae'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moraceous
Literary usage of Moraceous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"A fact of special significance is that precisely similar bodies occur in the
moraceous genus Cecropia and the ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"... for bread-fruit—is moraceous, and comprises about forty species, chiefly trees
and shrubs, indigenous to the Indo-Malayan region. ..."