paper plant
- noun
- /ˈpeɪpər plænt/
:
planta de papiro
- pulp and paper plant
Examples
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One installation would gasify the wood waste from a pulp and paper plant, and the other would gasify urban wood waste materials.
Academic text (2001) -
The ancient Egyptians used the fiber from the paper plant to create scrolls for writing.
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Scholars believe that the paper plant was essential for the development of writing materials in ancient civilizations.
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Workers along the banks of the Nile harvested the tall paper plants to produce early forms of paper.
Synonyms
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8.9
A tall water plant with a stiff stem that grows along the Nile
A tall water plant like grass from the Nile whose stems were used to make paper in ancient Egypt
A tall plant from the Nile valley with strong stems used to make paper and mats
A tall marsh plant people use to make papyrus
A tall marsh plant by the Nile whose stems are used to make paper
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward modifier+noun compound: ‘paper’ characterizes the type or use of the ‘plant’ (a plant associated with making paper). A B1 learner who knows both words can reasonably infer it denotes a plant used for paper-making (e.g., papyrus); the meaning is compositional and follows common noun-noun patterns, so it is transparent.
Etymology
The noun paper plant comes from the tall reeds along the Nile whose long fibers people pressed to make early sheets of writing called 'papyrus'. Because the plant gave the material for paper, the name links paper and plant, so it means the plant used to make paper.