papiro

Definitions of papiro
  1. noun
    a document written on papyrus
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    type of:
    documento
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
  2. noun
    tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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    type of:
    junco
    grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
  3. noun
    paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans
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    type of:
    papel
    a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
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