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Hindi meaning of papyrus

papyrus

/ पेपाइरस (मिस्‍त्र का एक पौधा जिसकी सज्‍जा से कागज बनता था); पानी में होने वाला पौधा; उक्‍त पौधे डंठल

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English Dictionary:

1. Papyrus

[n.]

- 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.
- 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.
- A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.