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papyri
(encz) | papyri,papyrus n: Zdeněk Brož |
papyri
(encz) | papyri,papyry n: pl. Petr Prášek |
Papyri
(gcide) | Papyrus \Pa*py"rus\, n.; pl. Papyri. [L., fr. Gr. pa`pyros.
See Paper.]
1. (Bot.) A tall rushlike plant (Cyperus Papyrus) of the
Sedge family, formerly growing in Egypt, and now found in
Abyssinia, Syria, Sicily, etc. The stem is triangular and
about an inch thick.
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2. The material upon which the ancient Egyptians wrote. It
was formed by cutting the stem of the plant into thin
longitudinal slices, which were gummed together and
pressed.
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3. A manuscript written on papyrus; esp., pl., written
scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or
Herculaneum.
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papyri
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Broussonetia papyrifera
(gcide) | Mulberry \Mul"ber*ry\, n.; pl. Mulberries. [OE. moolbery,
murberie, AS. murberie, where the first part is fr. L. morum
mulberry; cf. Gr. ?, ?. Cf. Murrey, Sycamore.]
1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus
Morus; also, the tree itself. See Morus.
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2. A dark pure color, like the hue of a black mulberry.
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Mulberry mass. (Biol.) See Morula.
Paper mulberry, a tree (Broussonetia papyrifera), related
to the true mulberry, used in Polynesia for making tapa
cloth by macerating and pounding the inner bark, and in
China and Japan for the manufacture of paper. It is seen
as a shade tree in America.
[1913 Webster]Broussonetia \Broussonetia\ n.
a genus of shade trees including the paper mulberry
(Broussonetia papyrifera) of East Asia.
Syn: genus Broussonetia.
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Fatsia papyrifera
(gcide) | Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi,
akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.]
(Bot.)
A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This
plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
overflowed.
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Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant.
French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Mountain rice, any species of an American genus
(Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
Rice bunting. (Zool.) Same as Ricebird.
Rice hen (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.
Rice mouse (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse
(Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also pith paper.
Rice troupial (Zool.), the bobolink.
Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
Rice weevil (Zool.), a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, or
Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
black weevil.
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Papyrine
(gcide) | Papyrine \Pap"y*rine\, n. [Cf. F. papyrin made of paper. See
Paper.]
Imitation parchment, made by soaking unsized paper in dilute
sulphuric acid.
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betula papyrifera
(wn) | Betula papyrifera
n 1: small American birch with peeling white bark often worked
into e.g. baskets or toy canoes [syn: {American white
birch}, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch,
Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera] |
broussonetia papyrifera
(wn) | Broussonetia papyrifera
n 1: shrubby Asiatic tree having bark (tapa) that resembles
cloth; grown as a shade tree in Europe and America; male
flowers are pendulous catkins and female are urn-shaped
followed by small orange-red aggregate berries [syn: {paper
mulberry}, Broussonetia papyrifera] |
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