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