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Noun: Egyptian paper reed
  1. Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fibre that served many purposes in historic times
    - papyrus, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus

Type of: sedge

Part of: Cyperus, genus Cyperus