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PAPYRUS
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Irregular inflected form: papyri
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A document written on papyrus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("papyrus" is a kind of...):
document; papers; written document (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
Synonyms:
Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; Egyptian paper rush; paper plant; paper rush; papyrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("papyrus" is a kind of...):
sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)
Holonyms ("papyrus" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("papyrus" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
