- 1[uncountable] a tall plant with thick stem that grows in water
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- 2[uncountable] paper made from the stem of the papyrus plant, used in ancient Egypt for writing and drawing on
- 3[countable] a document or piece of paper made of papyrus
papyrus
nounNAmE//pəˈpaɪrəs//
(pl. papyri NAmE//pəˈpaɪraɪ//, NAmE//pəˈpaɪri//
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