Defenition of the word papyrus

• Defenition of the word papyrus

  • A thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant.
  • A document written on papyrus.
  • A species of aquatic flowering plant belonging to the sedge family Cyperaceae.
  • a document written on papyrus
  • paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
  • tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

Synonyms for the word papyrus

• • Cyperus papyrus
  • Egyptian paper reed
  • paper rush

Meronymys for the word papyrus

• • Cyperus
  • genus Cyperus

Hypernyms for the word papyrus

• • document
  • paper
  • papers
  • sedge
  • written document

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