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Paper mulberry
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broussonetia
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Broussonetia is a genus of four species of trees in the family Moraceae , native to eastern Asia. One of these is the paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) , whose bark fiber is used to make high-quality paper, particularly in Japan . This species has ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Broussonetia \Broussonetia\ n. a genus of shade trees including the paper mulberry ( Broussonetia papyrifera ) of East Asia. Syn: genus Broussonetia .
Usage examples of broussonetia.
He told us at once that, according to Kempfer and du Halde, the Broussonetia furnishes the substance of the Chinese paper.
The offerings to a greater shrine consisted of coarse woven silk (_ashiginu_), thin silk of five different colors, a kind of stuff called _shidori_ or _shidzu_, which is supposed by some to have been a striped silk, cloth of broussonetia bark or hemp, and a small quantity of the raw materials of which the cloth was made, models of swords, a pair of tables or altars (called _yo-kura-oki_ and _ya-kura-oki_), a shield or mantlet, a spear-head, a bow, a quiver, a pair of stag's horns, a hoe, a few measures of sake or rice-beer, some haliotis and bonito, two measures of _kituli_ (supposed to be salt roe), various kinds of edible seaweed, a measure of salt, a sake jar, and a few feet of matting for packing.