| 单词 | paper tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspaper tree paper tree n. any of various trees and shrubs having bark from which paper is made, as the paper mulberry and various members of the genus Edgeworthia (family Thymelaceae), or bark that peels in papery layers, as the paperbark tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants used in paper, glass, or pottery manufacture > [noun] > paper-plant or -tree paper tree1727 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan i. ix. 114 The Kadsi, or Paper-tree [Ger. Papierbaum], is of the Mulberry Kind. 1837 G. F. Moore Evidences Inland Sea 9 Each family had its separate hut soon completed from the ready materials of blackboy spears and paper-tree bark. 1926 Foreign Plant Dis. (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 66 Edgeworthia. Paper tree. Ornamental shrubs grown for their yellow flowers. < as lemmas |
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