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PAPER MULBERRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paper mulberry mean?
• PAPER MULBERRY (noun)
The noun PAPER MULBERRY has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: PAPER MULBERRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Broussonetia papyrifera; paper mulberry
Hypernyms ("paper mulberry" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("paper mulberry" is a member of...):
Broussonetia; genus Broussonetia (paper mulberry)
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