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EGYPTIAN PAPER REED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
Synonyms:
Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; Egyptian paper rush; paper plant; paper rush; papyrus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Egyptian paper reed" is a kind of...):
sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)
Holonyms ("Egyptian paper reed" is a member of...):
Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)