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papyrus

noun
🔊/pəˈpaɪrəs/
🔊/pəˈpaɪrəs/
(plural papyri
🔊/pəˈpaɪriː/
🔊/pəˈpaɪriː/
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  1. [uncountable] a tall plant with thick stems that grows in water, especially in Africa纸莎草Topics Plants and treesc2
  2. [uncountable] paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant, used in ancient Egypt for writing and drawing on（古埃及用的）纸莎草纸Topics Historyc2
  3. [countable] a document or piece of paper made of papyrus（写在纸莎草纸上的）文献，文稿
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): via Latin from Greek papuros. Senses 2 and 3 date from the early 18th cent.