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Definition of Broussonetia papyrifera
1. Noun. 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.
Group relationships: Broussonetia, Genus Broussonetia
Generic synonyms: Angiospermous Tree, Flowering Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broussonetia Papyrifera
Literary usage of Broussonetia papyrifera
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"{HE broussonetia papyrifera is a deciduous low tree, or large shrub, usually grow- or
... The broussonetia papyrifera, is a native of China, This tree was ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Francis Wall Oliver, Anton Kerner von Marilaun, Marian (Balfour) Busk (1895)
"The Paper Mulberry-tree (broussonetia papyrifera). 1 Leafy branch with capitulum
of female flowers. 2 Piece of a branch stripped of its foliage with spike ..."
3. The History of Silk, Cotton, Linen, Wool, and Other Fibrous Substances by Clinton G. Gilroy (1845)
"supposes the broussonetia papyrifera to be meant in the former passage. But he
gives no good reason for this supposition, and he admits, ..."
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