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Bamboo vs Papyrus - What's the difference?

bamboo | papyrus |

As nouns the difference between bamboo and papyrus

is that bamboo is a grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe: Bambuseae tribe while papyrus is a plant in the sedge family, species: Cyperus papyrus, native to the Nile river valley.

As an adjective bamboo

is made of the wood of the bamboo.

As a verb bamboo

is to flog with a bamboo cane.

bamboo

English

(wikipedia bamboo)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A grass of the Poaceae family, characterised by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem, all of which are in the tribe.
  • The wood of the bamboo plant as a material or cane.
  • a didgeridoo
  • (slang) A British military or Honourable East India Company employee, who spent so much time in Indonesia, India, or Malaysia that they never went back home.

    • Derived terms

    * bamboo ceiling * bamboo clam * Bamboo Curtain, bamboo curtain * bamboo man

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of the wood of the bamboo.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To flog with a bamboo cane.
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    papyrus

    English

    Noun

  • (usually, uncountable) A plant in the sedge family, , native to the Nile river valley.
  • (usually, uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
  • (countable) A scroll or document written on papyrus.

    • Related terms

    * papyrology * papyrologist English nouns with irregular plurals ----