HyperDic: paper_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression paper plant:
NOUNplantpaper plant, papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, Cyperus papyrustall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
English > paper plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.
Synonymspapyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, Cyperus papyrus
Member ofCyperus, genus Cyperustype genus of Cyperaceae
Broadersedgegrasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
Spanishpapiro
Catalanpapir

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