单词 | paper-rush |
释义 | > as lemmaspaper-rush paper-rush n. the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus; papyrus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > sedges > papyrus plants papyrusa1398 paper plant1597 paper reed1597 paper-rush1608 sea-willow1807 paper- 1608 B. Jonson Masque of Blacknesse in Characters Two Royall Masques sig. A4 Niger,..crowned, with an artificiall wreath of Cane, and Paper-rush. 1868 C. M. Yonge Chosen People (ed. 5) xvi. 66 Ptolemy Lagos..founded a great library there [sc. at Alexandria], collecting, from every quarter, books written either on parchment, or on the paper rush of Egypt. 1981 R. N. Soulen Handbk. Biblical Crit. (ed. 2) 136 Papyrus, known also as the paper-reed or paper-rush, was widely employed for writing throughout the Mediterranean from the 4th cent. B.C. to the 7th cent. A.D. < as lemmas |
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