moraceous

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae

Questions about moraceous

What does moraceous mean?

moraceous means "of or pertaining to or characteristic of plants of the family Moraceae".

How many syllables are in moraceous?

moraceous has 4 syllables and divides as mo-ra-ce-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is moraceous a common word?

moraceous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.