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 

• PAPER MULBERRY (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

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)