Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.
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Examples for "papyrus "
Examples for "papyrus "
1 The papyrus boat lies at the ferry; thou shalt descend in it.
2 Mentezufis opened his hand; there was a bit of papyrus in it.
3 Rent in two pieces, the strip of papyrus fluttered to the ground.
4 The treaty was written on papyrus and nailed up in this temple.
5 Her skin had a yellowy papyrus look, yet her spirit was unchanged.
1 A second later the German's shoulder blade snapped like a match, and Tom, seizing the paper , rushed back towards the English lines.
1 The paper plant 's smoke stack, which looms over town, sends a strong smell of sulfur into the air.
2 A huge paper plant fire in South Auckland appears to have been put out by the Fire Service overnight.
3 Stora last month announced a divestment of a German magazine paper mill and a closure of a Chinese paper plant .
4 The manufacturing sector suffered another blow yesterday with the announcement that 90 jobs are to go at a paper plant .
5 Several paper plants had to close and thousands of jobs were axed.
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Translations for Egyptian paper reed