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papyriferous
"Producing or yielding papyrus or paper", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Blount (1618–1679), antiquary and lexicographer. From classical Latin
papȳrifer
papyrus-bearing (from
papȳrus
+
-fer
) + -ous; compare
-ferous
.