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Definitions of papyrus
  1. noun
    tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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  2. noun
    a document written on papyrus
  3. noun
    paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
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  • papyrus a document written on papyrus
  • papyrus paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
  • cyperaceae bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
  • sedge family bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
  • palimpsest a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
  • family cyperaceae bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant
  • nag hammadi a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
  • nag hammadi library a collection of 13 ancient papyrus codices translated from Greek into Coptic that were discovered by farmers near the town of Nag Hammadi in 1945; the codices contain 45 distinct works including the chief sources of firsthand knowledge of Gnosticism
  • byblos an ancient Mediterranean seaport that was a thriving city state in Phoenicia during the second millennium BC; was the chief port for the export of papyrus; located in Lebanon to the north of Beirut; now partially excavated
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