paper plant

paper plant

n.

See papyrus.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

paper plant - tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper rush, papyrus sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers Cyperus, genus Cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions