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1. (n.) papyrus
a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley.
2. papyrus
a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid and pressed together, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
3. papyrus
a document written on this material.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L pap&ymacr;rus < Gk páp&ymacr;ros)
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1. (noun) papyrus
paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
2. (noun) papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
3. (noun) papyrus
a document written on papyrus
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) papyrus
a tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick
2. (noun) papyrus
the material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed
3. (noun) papyrus
a manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum
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