Offal /ËÉfÉl/ , also called variety meats or organ meats, refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal. The word does not refer to a particular list of edible organs, which varies by culture and region, but includes most internal organs excluding muscle and bone.
The noun PAPYRUS has 3 senses: 1. paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans. 2. tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times. 3. a document written on papyrus. Familiarity information: PAPYRUS used as a noun is uncommon.
Papyrus was the first form of durable sheets of paper to write on, and the ancient Egyptians were the ones to develop it. The material was termed âpapyrusâ because it was made from the papyrus plant. The ancient Egyptians primarily used papyrus for recording religious texts and other important documents.