papyrus English

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papyrus Noun

— A papyrus is a paper-like material. About 2,000 years ago, people wrote documents on papyrus.

— A papyrus is a plant in a wetland sedge.

papyrus

— noun paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

— noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

— noun a document written on papyrus

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Egyptian paper reed

paper rush

paper plant

Egyptian paper rush

Cyperus papyrus

scroll

reed

giant egyptian papyrus

cattail

bulrush

Egyptian reed

Topics papyrus topics

What do people use papyrus to talk about?

Universe, creation Plant

Grass, herb, vine

• What types of reeds are there?
  reed papyrus rush cane sugarcane bamboo