Definition of papyrus
English to English noun - paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
source: WordNet 3.0 - tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
source: WordNet 3.0 - a document written on papyrus
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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