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 Mul·ber·ry n.; pl. Mulberries
 1. Bot. The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
 2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
 Mulberry mass. Biol. See Morula.
 Paper mulberry, a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in China and Japan for the manufacture of paper.  It is seen as a shade tree in America.
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 Broussonetia papyrifera
      n : 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 [syn: paper
          mulberry]