Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to the papyrus or to papyri; made of or resembling papyrus or to papyri; made of or resembling papyrus or paper.
- In zoology, papery; like parchment; pergamenteous: as, the substance of a wasp's nest is papyraceous.
- Also, rarely, papyrian, papyrean.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made of papyrus; of the consistency of paper; papery.
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- adjective Made of
papyrus . - adjective Of the consistency of
paper ;papery .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sold in garden centers as bulbs, or potted in the grocery store, Narcissus tazetta papyraceous may survive the winter when planted in D. C.-area gardens but not the colder parts of the region.
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Calyx bell-shaped, 5 acute papyraceous divisions, each bearing a small gland near its base.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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Republica, & De Inveniendis Orationum Exordiis_: A piece inestimable, never publish’d; is now in the library at Vienna, after it had formerly been the greatest rarity in that of the late Cardinal Mazarine: Other papyraceous trees are mention’d by West-Indian travellers, especially in
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
fbharjo commented on the word papyraceous
virtually papyraceous
March 13, 2011