papyrus
has definitions from the fields of writing,botany,antiquity
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[ noun ] (botany) tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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[ noun ] (antiquity) 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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[ noun ] (writing) a document written on papyrus
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