English dictionary

papyrus

/p/@/'p/aI/r/@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

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.substance

Source: WordNet 3.0
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

noun.plant

Synonyms cyperus papyrus egyptian paper reed egyptian paper rush paper plant paper rush

Source: WordNet 3.0
a document written on papyrus

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
A tall rushlike plant (<i>Cyperus Papyrus</i>) 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.

noun

Source: webster1913