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Meaning of 'papyrus'
Meaning of 'papyrus' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Papyrus 
[ n.]
- A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the Sedge
family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria,
Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and about an inch thick. [ n.]- The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and pressed.
- A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
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