papyrus

名词 papyrus:

1. paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
2. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
   同义词：Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus
3. a document written on papyrus

pa.py.rus

n.（名词）
【复数】 pa.py.rus.es 或 pa.py.ri [-ro.]
A tall, aquatic, Mediterranean sedge(Cyperus papyrus) having numerous drooping rays grouped in umbels. Also called Egyptian paper rush ,paper plant
纸莎草：一种高的地中海水生莎草（纸莎草 莎草属） ，有很多下垂的成伞状花序排列的舌状花 也作 Egyptian paper rush,paper plant

A material on which to write made from the pith or the stems of this sedge, used especially by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
纸莎草纸：一种由这种芦苇的茎或髓制成的书写材料，尤其为古代埃及人、希腊人和罗马人使用
A document written on this material.
纸莎纸卷轴：写在这种材料上的文献

来源：
Middle English papirus
中古英语 papirus
from Latin paptrus
源自 拉丁语 paptrus
from Greek papuros
源自 希腊语 papuros