papyrus
/pəˈpaɪrəs/
noun
- A material made from the papyrus plant, used in ancient times for writing on.
- Papyrus was the most common writing material in the Mediterranean for thousands of years.
- The ancient Egyptians wrote on papyrus made from reeds growing along the Nile.
- This papyrus scroll contains a copy of the Book of the Dead.
- A tall water plant (Cyperus papyrus) native to Africa, with triangular stems, used to make paper-like material.
- The artist painted a scene of papyrus reeds swaying in the breeze.
- Papyrus can reach heights of up to 15 feet in the wild.
- Papyrus plants grow in shallow water along riverbanks.
- A document or manuscript written on papyrus.
- The library has a collection of ancient papyri from the Ptolemaic period.
- This papyrus records a land transaction from 200 BCE.
- Scholars are still translating some of the newly discovered papyri.