mulberry family

mulberry family

noun
the plant family Moraceae, characterized by deciduous or evergreen trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves, often milky sap, dense clusters of small flowers, and fruit in the form of a fleshy berry, usually hollow in the center, and including the fig, mulberry, Osage orange, and rubber plant.
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mulberry family

noun
trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis [syn: Moraceae
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