Definition of "papyraceous" []

• Made of papyrus. (adjective)
• Of the consistency of paper; papery. (adjective)

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• "Sold in garden centers as bulbs, or potted in the grocery store, Narcissus tazetta papyraceous may survive the winter when planted in D. C.-area gardens but not the colder parts of the region."
• "Calyx bell-shaped, 5 acute papyraceous divisions, each bearing a small gland near its base."
• "Republica, & De Inveniendis Orationum Exordiis_: A piece inestimable, never publish’d; is now in the library at Vienna, after it had formerly been the greatest rarity in that of the late Cardinal Mazarine: Other papyraceous trees are mention’d by West-Indian travellers, especially in"