Papyrus

pa-pī′rus, n. an Egyptian sedge, now scarcely found there, from the inner pith ( byblos ) of which the ancients made their paper: a manuscript on papyrus:— pl. Papy′rī .— adjs. Papyrā′ceo us , Pap′yral , Papyr′ēan , Pap′yrine , pertaining to the papyrus or to papyri: like paper in appearance and consistency; Papyrit′ious , resembling paper, as the nests of certain wasps.— n. Papyrograph (pā-pī′rō-graf), a hectograph or apparatus for producing copies of a written or printed document.— v.t. to produce by means of such.— adj. Pāpyro graph′ic .— n. Papyrog′raphy . [L.—Gr. papyros , prob. Egyptian.]