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Papyrus
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(1):
(n.) A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Papyrus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/papyrus.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Papyrus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/papyrus.html. 1828.