noun
trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis
• Syn: ↑Moraceae, ↑family Moraceae
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Urticales, ↑order Urticales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Morus, ↑genus Morus, ↑Maclura, ↑genus Maclura, ↑Artocarpus, ↑genus Artocarpus, ↑Ficus, ↑genus Ficus, ↑Broussonetia, ↑genus Broussonetia
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noun : moraceae
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the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.
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mulberry family,
a group of dicotyledonous herbs, shrubs, and trees, found chiefly in tropical regions. The family includes the fig, breadfruit, Osage orange, rubber plant, and banyan.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.