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Noun: paper plant  pey-pu(r) plãnt
  1. Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fibre that served many purposes in historic times
    "Ancient Egyptians made scrolls from paper plant stems";
    - papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, Cyperus papyrus

Derived forms: paper plants

Type of: sedge

Part of: Cyperus, genus Cyperus