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BROUSSONETIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Paper mulberry

Synonyms:

Broussonetia; genus Broussonetia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Broussonetia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Broussonetia"):

Broussonetia papyrifera; paper mulberry (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)

Holonyms ("Broussonetia" is a member of...):

family Moraceae; Moraceae; mulberry family (trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis)

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