papyrus

/pəˈpaɪɹəs/

noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

ancient, turned, used

VERB + PAPYRUS

found, written

PAPYRUS + NOUN

paper

PREP.

in, into, on

ADV.

mostly

noun

A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.

A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.

A scroll or document written on papyrus.

The words of the spell were written on papyrus.

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Phoenician literature, written on papyrus, has mostly been lost to time and the elements.

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Archaeologists found a papyrus scroll in the ruins.

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Ancient Egyptians turned papyrus into paper and provided the world with it for thousands of years.

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Papyrus was used as paper and the reed's shape inspired the fluted columns of ancient Greece.

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