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GENUS MORUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Morus mean?
• GENUS MORUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MORUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
Familiarity information: GENUS MORUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Morus; Morus
Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus Morus"):
mulberry; mulberry tree (any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry)
Holonyms ("genus Morus" is a member of...):
family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)
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