DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
papyrus
/pə'paɪrəs/ · pəpaɪrəs
Papyrus has 3 syllables: pa · py · rus.
pa
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py
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rus
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noun. Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times.
noun. A document written on papyrus.
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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