PAPYRUS
-noun
1. a tall aquatic cyperaceous plant, Cyperus papyrus, of S
Europe and N and central Africa with small green-stalked flowers arranged like
umbrella spokes around the stem top
2. a kind of paper made from the stem pith of this plant,
used by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans
3. an ancient document written on this paper
Medieval papyrus
Barely decipherable
Eaten by moths
Or years
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