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  1. Papyrus
    [typeface] Papyrus is a widely available typeface designed by Chris Costello, a graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer. ==History and overview== The font was created in 1982 and released the next year to foundry Letraset. It was hand-drawn over a period of six months by means of cal...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(typeface)

  2. Papyrus
    [horse] Papyrus (1920–1941) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from spring 1922 to October 1924 he ran eighteen times and nine races. He was a leading two-year-old in 1922 and in the following year he gained his most important success when he won the Eps...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(horse)

  3. Papyrus
    (Cyperus) These tender, aquatic perennials are grown for their decorative foliage. They are natives of Palestine, Brazil, S. Africa, Europe and North America. C. alternifolius (Umbrella Plant; Nile Grass) produces clumps of long stems, 1 to 3 feet normally, but up to 5 feet in excellent conditions; ...
    Found op http://www.botany.com/cyperus.html

  4. Papyrus
    The main Egyptian writing material, and an important export. The earliest papyrus dates to the Ist Dynasty, the latest to the Islamic Period. Oddly enough, the papyrus plant became extinct in Egypt, being reintroduced in the 1960's, it is now an important link in the tourist trade. Sheets were made ...
    Found op http://www.egyptartsite.com/glossary.html

  5. papyrus
    [n] - paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat 2. [n] - tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times 3. [n] - a document written on papyrus
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=papyrus

  6. papyrus
    Type of paper made by the ancient Egyptians. Typically papyrus was made by gluing together some 20 sheets of the pith of the papyrus or paper reed plant Cyperus papyrus, family Cyperaceae. These...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  7. papyrus
    A kind of paper made from a tall reed (also called papyrus) that grew in Egypt along the River Nile. The quality varied, however the best came from the middle of the papyrus pith. Before a sheet could be written on, it went through 4 stages of preparation: - with the outer rind of the papyrus reed r...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  8. Papyrus
    An aquatic plant found in northern Africa. Although papyrus is considered to be the first paper, it's not, in the strict definition of the word, paper (which is a matter web of individual fibers). Rather, peeling the plant, which is constructed like an onion, and placing one layer on top of another ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20829

  9. Papyrus
    Pa·py'rus noun ; plural Papyri . [ Latin , from Greek .... See Paper .] 1. (Botany) A tall rushlike plant ( Cyperus Papyrus ) of the Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in Abyssinia, Syria, S...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/17

  10. papyrus
    Origin: L, fr. Gr. See Paper. ... 1. <botany> 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. ... 2. The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It w...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?papyrus

  11. papyrus
    Egyptian paper reed noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=papyrus

  12. papyrus
    noun paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=papyrus



  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. • (n.) The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It was formed by cutting the stem of th...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/papyrus/

  2. papyrus
    (from the article `papyrus`) writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived, Cyperus papyrus (family Cyperaceae), also called paper plant. The ... ...of Apuy at Thebes. Garlands and wreaths, floral headdresses, and collars were woven. Because of the formalized rules o...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/15

  3. papyrus
    writing material of ancient times and also the plant from which it was derived, Cyperus papyrus (family Cyperaceae), also called paper plant. The ... [13 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/15

  4. papyrus
    papyrus 1. An aquatic plant of the sedge family, the paper reed or paper rush (Cyperus Papyrus or Papyrus antiquorum), with a creeping rootstock which sends up stems from eight to ten feet high, bearing spikelets of flowers, resembling umbrellas, on long stalks in a large cluster at the top; formerl...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1572/2

  5. Papyrus
    [disambiguation] Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant. Papyrus may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(disambiguation)

  6. Papyrus
    Papyrus (s) is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. Papyrus is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt (at least as far back as the First dynasty), but it was also used thr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus

  7. papyrus
    papyrus (pupī'rus) , a sedge (Cyperus papyrus), now almost extinct in Egypt but so universally used there in antiquity as to be the hieroglyphic symbol for Lower Egypt and a common motif in art. The roots were used as fuel; the pith was eaten. The stem was employed for sandals, boats, twin...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0837553.html

  8. Papyrus
    Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus) is a tall aquatic plant of the sedge family, family Cyperaceae native to the Nile valley in Egypt.
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BP.HTM

  9. papyrus
    Type of paper made by the ancient Egyptians. Typically papyrus was made by gluing together some 20 sheets of the pith of the papyrus or paper reed plant Cyperus papyrus, family Cyperaceae. These sheets were arranged in alternating layers aligned vertically, followed by horizontally. The strip...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012162.html

  10. Papyrus
    an early kind of paper made from the soft inner flesh of the papyrus plant which used to grow on the edges of the river Nile.
    Found op http://www.egyptweb.norfolk.gov.uk/eggloss.htm

  11. Papyrus
    [software] Papyrus is an Open Source UML 2 tool based on Eclipse and licensed under the EPL. It can either be used as a standalone tool or as an Eclipse plugin. Papyrus provides support for Domain Specific Languages and SysML. ==UML2== Papyrus is a graphical editing tool for UML2 as defined ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(software)

  12. Papyrus
    [comics] Papyrus is a Belgian comic book series, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter. The story takes place in Ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1974 in the Spirou magazine in the form of episodes. An animated series was created in 1998 that was two seasons long (52 episodes) ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papyrus_(comics)

  13. papyrus
    1) Ancient document 2) Ancient writing material 3) Paper 4) Scroll material
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/papyrus/1

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