0 a tall plant like a grass that grows in or near water, especially in North Africa, or paper made from this plant, especially by ancient Egyptians
Other flowering plants and grasses give us cotton, flax, jute and papyrus.
Of course, papyrus has been used for paper for centuries, but a modern method of producing satisfactory newsprint from these raw materials needs more urgent application of scientific knowledge.
The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a sheet.
The manuscript was written on papyrus in the form of a roll.
Men were solely responsible for erecting the housing magde out of grass thatch and papyrus.
Other writings did not survive and exist only as references, in quotations and excerpts, or as literal fragments of parchment or papyrus.
The task of unrolling and deciphering the over 1800 charred papyrus scrolls continues today.
The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood and canvas.
