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paper plant  
n.  See papyrus.
Flower Parchment
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pa·py·rus   (pə-pī'rəs)   
n.   pl. pa·py·rus·es or pa·py·ri (-rī')

  1. A tall, aquatic, Mediterranean sedge (Cyperus papyrus) having numerous drooping rays grouped in umbels. Also called Egyptian paper rush, paper plant.

    1. A material on which to write made from the pith or the stems of this sedge, used especially by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.

    2. A document written on this material.


[Middle English papirus, from Latin papȳrus, from Greek papūros.]
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paper plant

noun
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times [syn: papyrus] 
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