papyrus
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rəs noun, plural pa·py·ri [-pahy-rahy, -ree] , pa·py·rus·es.
[-pahy-rahy, -ree] , pa·py·rus·es. 1.
a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites.
2.
a material on which to write, prepared from thin strips of the pith of this plant laid together, soaked, pressed, and dried, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
3.
an ancient document, manuscript, or scroll written on this material.
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| —n , pl -ri, -ruses | |
| 1. | a tall aquatic cyperaceous plant, Cyperus papyrus, of S Europe and N and central Africa with small green-stalked flowers arranged like umbrella spokes around the stem top |
| 2. | a kind of paper made from the stem pith of this plant, used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans |
| 3. | an ancient document written on this paper |
| [C14: via Latin from Greek papūros reed used in making paper] | |
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Word Origin & History
papyrus
c.1395, from L. papyrus "the paper plant, paper made from it," from Gk. papyros "any plant of the paper plant genus," said to be of Egyptian origin. Proper plural is papyri.
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Example sentences
Ibex and oryx will scatter at your approach, loping to higher ground as you wind among the arching papyrus reeds.
Instead, they had to be written on materials such as papyrus, animal hide and even partially on copper.
The ancient papyrus pages had been scattered into nearly a thousand fragments that crumbled at even the slightest touch.
Egyptians kept similar records on papyrus, which deteriorates faster than clay.
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