papyraceous

• papyritious (obs.)

From Latin papȳrāceus (“made of papyrus”) under influence of Middle French papyracee and French papiracé.

papyraceous (comparative more papyraceous, superlative most papyraceous)

1. Of, similar to, or related to papyrus.
2. Synonym of papery: of, similar to, or related to paper, particularly its thinness or texture.

• papyral, papyric; papyriferous (rare); papyrian, papyrine (obs.)

• fetus papyraceus
• lamina papyracea

• “papyraceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.