[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

papyrus \papy"rus\, n.; pl. papyri. l., fr. gr. pa`pyros.
   see paper.
   1. bot. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. a manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written
      scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of egypt or
      herculaneum.
      1913 webster
see also:
papyri paper cyperus papyrus 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

papyrus
     n 1: paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips
          and pressing it flat; used by ancient egyptians and
          greeks and romans
     2: tall sedge of the nile valley yielding fiber that served
        many purposes in historic times syn: egyptian paper reed,
         egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, cyperus
        papyrus
     3: a document written on papyrus
     also: papyri pl
see also:
egyptian paper reed egyptian paper rush paper rush paper plant cyperus papyrus papyri 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

papyri
     see papyrus
see also:
papyrus 

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