papyrus

Meaning of papyrus

noun

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

Information about papyrus

It is a name.
Languages in which papyrus is used:
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- English
- French

Hyphenation of papyrus

pa-pyrus

It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
papyrus is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of papyrus

German: Papyrus
French: papyrus
Italian: papiro
Spanish: papiro

Words that rhyme with papyrus

Bucyrus, Cyrus, cyrus, Gyrus, gyrus, microgyrus, subgyrus, Lathyrus, Psithyrus, Zephyrus, lathyrus, psithyrus, zephyrus, Lyrus, Mormyrus, Bopyrus, Pyrus, pyrus, syrus, Tyrus

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