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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A genus of dicotyledonous trees of the apetalous order Urticaccæ, type of tribe Moreæ; the mulberries. It is characterized by spicate flowers, the fertile with a 4-parted perianth, and by leaves 3-nerved from the base. The mulberry-fruit is a multiple fleshy fruit formed by the coalescence of many ovaries and investing perianths. About 12 species are known, natives of the northern hemisphere and of mountains in the tropics; some are valued for their edible fruit, and some for their leaves, which are used as silkworm-food. See
mulberry .
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A genus of trees, some species of which produce edible fruit; the mulberry. See mulberry.
WordNet 3.0
- n. type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries
Examples
“A woman's sphere was her own home, that she should earn her own living was inimical to domestic happiness; it was almost contra bonus morus, which is a very serious thing indeed.”
“It is thought by some that "morus" has been derived from the Latin word _mora_, delay, as shown in a tardy expansion of the buds.”
“If it seems familiar to you, it makes it easier to jump into without saying hey lets make all spells be cast through a series of morus code since someone might yell it is a copy of something else.”
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“The natives keep silkworms, which they feed on the Chykwar or Assam morus, which they cultivate.”
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries
“It is recommended that the persons who shall reside in this asylum be employed in the cultivation of the mulberry-trees, (this was during the _morus multicaulis_ mania.) 3.”
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
“Factus est sicut pannus vel morus nigerrimus, livoris totus plenus, nasus plenus, os amplissimum, lingua duplex in ore, que labia tota implebat, os apertum et adeo horribile quod nemo viderit unquam vel esse tale dixerit.”
“Monterey cypress monthly advice moon-flower moonseed morning-glory, perennial morus species mounding-up trees mountain ash mountain laurel moving large trees muck”
“Ælfric's "Vocabulary," "morus vel rubus, mor-beam," but it is doubtful whether that applies to the Mulberry or Blackberry, as in the same catalogue Blackberries are mentioned as "flavi vel mori, blace-berian.”
“The public conscience has for many years been utterly debauched by what were called fancy stocks, morus multicaulis, Western city enterprises, and New England developments.”
“It is thus: Hæc hoc morus multicaulis, a mensa et thoro, ruta baga centum.”
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