Associations to the word «Papyrus»

Pictures for the word «Papyrus»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PAPYRUS, noun. Paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans.
PAPYRUS, noun. Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.
PAPYRUS, noun. A document written on papyrus.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats