WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mo•ra•ceous
(mô rā′shəs, mō-),USA pronunciation adj.
- Plant Biologybelonging to the Moraceae, the mulberry family of plants. Cf. mulberry family.
- Neo-Latin, Morace(ae) (Mor(us) the type genus (Latin mōrus black mulberry tree) + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
'moraceous' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
banyan
- breadfruit
- fig
- fustic
- mulberry
- Osage orange
- paper mulberry
- peepul
- rubber plant
- sycamore
- upas