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Broussonetia

noun

paper mulberry

• Syn: ↑genus Broussonetia

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Moraceae, ↑family Moraceae, ↑mulberry family

• Member Meronyms: ↑paper mulberry, ↑Broussonetia papyrifera

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\\ˌbrüsəˈnēsh(ē)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from P.M.A. Broussonet died 1807 French naturalist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of Asiatic trees or large shrubs (family Moraceae) with milky juice, sterile flowers in spikes or racemes, and fertile flowers in dense globular heads — see paper mulberry

Useful english dictionary. 2012.