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 [ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris, used for making mats, chair seats, etc.

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a popular name for reed mace (sense 1): the name derived from Alma-Tadema's painting of the finding of the infant Moses in the ``bulrushes'' — actually reed mace

3. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) a biblical word for papyrus (the plant)

[C15 bulrish, bul- perhaps from bull¹ + rish rush², referring to the largeness of the plant]

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 [ˈbʊlrʌʃ] N → espadaña f

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bulrush

n → Rohrkolben m; in the bulrushes → im Schilfrohr

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bulrush [ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ] n → stiancia

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bulrush [ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ] n → stiancia

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bulrush

n bulrush [ˈbulraʃ]

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