EGYPTIAN PAPER REED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian paper reed mean? 

• EGYPTIAN PAPER REED (noun)
  The noun EGYPTIAN PAPER REED has 1 sense:

1. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

  Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN PAPER REED used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EGYPTIAN PAPER REED (noun)

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Meaning:

Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; Egyptian paper rush; paper plant; paper rush; papyrus

Hypernyms ("Egyptian paper reed" is a kind of...):

sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

Holonyms ("Egyptian paper reed" is a member of...):

Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)