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BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA
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I. (noun)
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
Synonyms:
Broussonetia papyrifera; paper mulberry
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Broussonetia papyrifera" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("Broussonetia papyrifera" is a member of...):
Broussonetia; genus Broussonetia (paper mulberry)