| 单词 | paper mulberry |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaper mulberry paper mulberry n. a small tree of the mulberry family, Broussonetia papyrifera, native to eastern Asia and Polynesia, from the inner bark of which paper and cloth is made. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree > paper mulberry paper mulberry1769 cloth-tree1777 cloth-mulberry1784 1769 J. Banks Jrnl. (1962) I. 353 The Material of which it [sc. South-sea cloth] is made is the interior bark or fiber of..the Chinese paper mulberry Morus Papyrifera. 1864 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. ii. 226 The Paper Mulberry..furnishes to the Polynesian Islanders the useful Tapa cloth, which is fabricated from its fibrous bark. 1999 Guardian 31 July (Weekend Suppl.) 46/2 Broussonetia papyrifera (the paper mulberry).., with its purple-banded bark and large, fiddle-back leaves, tolerance of pollution and poor soil, is a welcome inclusion to urban planting. < as lemmas |
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