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papyr

papyr is the alternative form of papyrus.

Meaning of papyrus

Noun

papyrus (usually uncountable, plural papyri or papyruses)

  1. (usually) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.
  2. (usually) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  3. (countable, usually) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

Origin of papyr

From Latin papȳrus.

Questions about papyr

What is papyr the alternative form of?
Papyr is the alternative form of papyrus.

Words near papyr in the dictionary

  1. Papuo-
  2. Papworth
  3. Papworth Everard
  4. Papworth St Agnes
  5. Papworths
  6. papyr
  7. papyraceous
  8. papyral
  9. papyrean
  10. papyri
  11. papyrian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papyr (page history and authors); papyrus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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