BROUSSONETIA PAPYRIFERA

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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