papyrus

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /pəˈpʌɪrəs/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /pəˈpīrəs/

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• Hyphenation: pa‧py‧rus

Noun

Singular papyrus

Plural papyri or papyruses

The Heracles papyrus.

papyri are of the sedge-family

1. (countable) A papyrus is a paper-like material.

   About 2,000 years ago, people wrote documents on papyrus.

2. (uncountable) A papyrus is a plant in a wetland sedge.