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paper mulberry
noun
: an Asian tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) of the mulberry family that is widely grown as a shade tree
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Also new are works on sheets, some more than six feet square, of washi, a Japanese paper made from fibres of the inner bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub, or the paper mulberry.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
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First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
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“Paper mulberry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20mulberry. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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paper mulberry
noun
: an Asian tree related to the mulberries and widely grown as a shade tree
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