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    PAPER RUSH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic timesplay

    Synonyms:

    Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; Egyptian paper rush; paper plant; paper rush; papyrus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("paper rush" is a kind of...):

    sedge (grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers)

    Holonyms ("paper rush" is a member of...):

    Cyperus; genus Cyperus (type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions)

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