moraceæ

from The Century Dictionary.

• A family of dicotyledonous archichlamydeous (apetalous) plants of the order Urticales, the mulberry family, typified by the genus Morus, and characterized by unisexual flowers, the staminate usually in panicles or spikes, and the pistillate in beads, a superior ovary, solitary, pendulous, anatropous ovules, one or two styles, and as many seeds. There are 67 genera and about 925 species, mostly trees and shrubs of temperate and tropical regions. Besides the mulberries the family includes the breadfruits, the figs, the Osage orange, the hop, and the hemp.