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a tall plant with thick stems that grows in water, especially in Africa 纸莎草 - [uncountable]
paper made from the stems of the papyrus plant, used in ancient Egypt for writing and drawing on （古埃及用的）纸莎草纸 - [countable]
a document or piece of paper made of papyrus （写在纸莎草纸上的）文献，文稿
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (1)): via Latin from Greek papuros. Senses 2 and 3 date from the early 18th cent.