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Papyrus

//pəˈpaɪɹəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a document written on papyrus wordnet
  3. 3
    A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times wordnet
  5. 5
    A scroll or document written on papyrus. countable, usually
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  1. 6
    paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.

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