mopeful (mopful)

[ soft velvety nap of wool, and a warp of hemp or linen, especially such a material heavy enough to be used for carpeting. Moquilea (mộ - kwile-a), n. [NL. (Aublet, 1775); from a native name in Guiana.] A genus of rosaceous trees of the tribe Chrysoba lance, distinguished by small anthers, stamens much longer than the flower, and a single ovary immersed in the base of the calyx-tube. About 15 species are known, natives of northern South America and the West Indies, They have rigid alternate leaves, and small flowers variously clustered, usually without petals. caraipi. See -mor