bulrush

bul·rush  (blrsh)

n.

1. Any of various aquatic or wetland herbs of the genus Scirpus, having grasslike leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets.

2. Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail.

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[Middle English bulrish : perhaps alteration (influenced by bule, bull) of bole, stem; see bole¹ + rish, rush; see rush².]

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bulrush

Noun

1. a tall reedlike marsh plant with brown spiky flowers

2. Bible same as papyrus (sense 1) [Middle English bulrish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bulrush - tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa bullrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
	2.	bulrush - tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America common rush, Juncus effusus, soft rush, bullrush rush - grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems genus Juncus, Juncus - type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes

Translations

bulrush

n bulrush [ˈbulraʃ]

a tall strong water plant. biesie الدّيس: عُشْبَةٌ مائِيَّه папур rákos die Wasserbinse βούρλο junco kõrkjas گیاه بوریا kaisla jonc קְנֶה-סוּף नरकट, नरकुल rogoz káka tumbuhan air giunco いぐさ 갈대 meldas meldrs sejenis pokok air bies sitowie junco trestie; papură камыш trstina trst rogoz säv, kaveldun ต้นกก saz, hasır otu 寬葉香蒲，蘆葦 комиш, очерет ایک مضبوط آبی پودا cây hương bồ 宽叶香蒲，芦苇