单词 | papyriferous |
释义 | papyriferousadj. rare. Producing or yielding papyrus or paper. Also: like paper, papyraceous. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > material for making paper > paper > [adjective] > yielding paper or papery material papyriferous1656 the world > plants > valued plants and weeds > [adjective] > yielding dye or paper indigoferous1813 papyriferous1866 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Papyriferous, that bears or brings forth Paper, or the Rush Papyrus. 1823 J. C. Beltrami Let. 28 June in Pilgrimage in Amer. (1962) xvi. 275 The Indians..have a method of denoting by hieroglyphics on the bark of certain papyriferous trees, all the countries with which they are acquainted. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 463 To steer To Papyriferous seven-mouth Nile. 1978 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 65 85 Floral bracts persistent, membranous to papyriferous, broadly elliptic to spatulate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656 |
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