moraceous

English

Etymology

Latin morus (“mulberry tree”) +‎ -aceous.

Adjective

moraceous (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the mulberry plants in the family Moraceae.
   • 1978, Dard Hunter, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, page 26:

     The amatl paper was made from the inner bark of a moraceous tree; of these trees there are 55 genera and over 700 species, of wide distribution, nearly 600 being comprised in the single genus Ficus.

Translations

of or pertaining to the genus Moraceae

• Spanish: móreo, moráceo