GENUS BROUSSONETIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Broussonetia mean? 

• GENUS BROUSSONETIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS BROUSSONETIA has 1 sense:

1. paper mulberry

  Familiarity information: GENUS BROUSSONETIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BROUSSONETIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Paper mulberry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Broussonetia; genus Broussonetia

Hypernyms ("genus Broussonetia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Broussonetia"):

Broussonetia papyrifera; paper mulberry (shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped followed by small orange-red aggregate berries)

Holonyms ("genus Broussonetia" is a member of...):

family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)