papyrus

Significado (Inglês)

  1. (uncountable, usually) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
  2. (uncountable, usually) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  3. (countable, usually) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

Conceitos

Cyperus papyrus

Sinônimos

Egyptian paper reed

Egyptian paper rush

paper plant

paper rush

Cyperus papyrus

Egyptian reed

giant egyptian papyrus

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Freqüência

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Pronunciado como (IPA)
/pəˈpaɪɹəs/
Etimologia (Inglês)

In summary

From Middle English papirus, borrowed from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros), of unknown origin. Doublet of papyros.

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