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Words with a similar base: Cyperus_papyrus, papyrus

'papyrus'

[papyrus.n.01] as in: paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans

'papyrus'

[papyrus.n.02] as in: tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

'papyrus'

[papyrus.n.03] as in: a document written on papyrus

Origins

					papyrus (English)
└── papyrus (Latin)
    ├── paper (English)
    │   └── paper (Anglo-Norman)
    │       └── papier (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
    └── πάπυρος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))