Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cyperus_papyrus

1 sense of cyperus papyrus

Sense 1
papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, paper plant, Cyperus papyrus -- (tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times)
       => sedge -- (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)