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/pəˈpaɪɹəs/ · noun
(usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed..
Use papyrus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Papyrus means (usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed..
Common synonyms include cyperus papyrus, paper rush, egyptian paper reed.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use papyrus where its definition matches the intended context.
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