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Noun: paper mulberry
  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
    - Broussonetia papyrifera

Derived forms: paper mulberries

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: Broussonetia, genus Broussonetia

Encyclopedia: Paper mulberry