papyrus
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The poppy plant is also referenced in several ancient texts, including the Ebers Papyrus, Hippocrates, Dioscorides's De Materia Medica, and Galen.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025
In my twenties I became one of them, too — a nanny in Palisades, a parking lot cashier in Santa Monica and Westwood, a sales associate at Papyrus.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2025
First, he consulted the Ebers Papyrus, an Egyptian text of medical recipes from 1500 B.C.
From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024
Charity Papyrus said the men had "captured the nation's hearts".
From BBC • Oct. 20, 2022
Delia Defoe, his editor at Papyrus Publishing, claims that she has never met him—or even spoken to him on the phone!
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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