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paper mulberry
noun
- a mulberry tree, Broussonetia papyrifera, of eastern Asia, having alternate leaves that vary in size, round catkins, and orange-red fruit, grown widely as a shade tree.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of paper mulberry1
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Example Sentences
They were all more or less clothed in well-made cloth manufactured from the paper mulberry-tree, and ingeniously painted.
The paper Mulberry is also a well-known fibre; while a third species particularly valuable for thin papers is the Gampi.
The house at the end of the lane could be glimpsed through its grove of locusts, paper mulberry and towering ailanthus.
The dress of the natives was formed from cloth made of the bark of the paper-mulberry tree.
The greatest novelty was the manufacture of the native cloth, or Tapa, formed out of the bark of the paper-mulberry tree.
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