MORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Morus mean? 

• MORUS (noun)
  The noun MORUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries

  Familiarity information: MORUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MORUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Morus; Morus

Hypernyms ("Morus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Morus"):

mulberry; mulberry tree (any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry)

Holonyms ("Morus" is a member of...):

family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)