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papyruses

papyruses is the plural 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.

Questions about papyruses

What is papyruses the plural of?
Papyruses is the plural of papyrus.

Words near papyruses in the dictionary

  1. papyrotint
  2. papyrotype
  3. papyroxylin
  4. papyroxyline
  5. papyrus
  6. papyruses
  7. paquebot
  8. paquebots
  9. Paquelin's thermocautery
  10. Paquet
  11. Paquets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: papyruses (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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