"moraceous" meaning in English

See moraceous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Latin morus (“mulberry tree”) + -aceous. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|morus||mulberry tree}} Latin morus (“mulberry tree”), {{suffix|en||aceous}} + -aceous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} moraceous (not comparable)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or pertaining to the genus Moraceae): móreo (Spanish), moráceo (Spanish)
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