[pəˈpʌɪrəs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making articles such as rope
(e.g: the text was preserved, probably on papyrus)

- the tall aquatic sedge from which papyrus is obtained, native to central Africa and the Nile valley


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Origin:
late Middle English (in papyrus): via Latin from Greek papuros. Sense 1 dates from the early 18th century