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papyri


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Papyrus  \Pa*py"rus\,  n.;  pl  {Papyri}.  [L.,  fr  Gr  ?.  See 
  {Paper}.] 
  1.  (Bot.)  A  tall  rushlike  plant  ({Cyperus  Papyrus})  of  the 
  Sedge  family,  formerly  growing  in  Egypt,  and  now  found  in 
  Abyssinia,  Syria,  Sicily,  etc  The  stem  is  triangular  and 
  about  an  inch  thick. 
 
  2.  The  material  upon  which  the  ancient  Egyptians  wrote.  It 
  was  formed  by  cutting  the  stem  of  the  plant  into  thin 
  longitudinal  slices,  which  were  gummed  together  and 
  pressed. 
 
  3.  A  manuscript  written  on  papyrus;  esp.,  pl.,  written 
  scrolls  made  of  papyrus;  as  the  papyri  of  Egypt  or 
  Herculaneum. 




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