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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ornamental deciduous tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) native to East Asia, having bark that can be processed into a paperlike fabric.
 
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   See 
Broussonetia . 
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- noun   A tree in the 
Mulberry Family (Moraceae ), Broussonetia papyrifera, with fibrous inner bark used to make paper andtapa cloth. 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
 
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