bulrush
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Etymology edit
From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") plus rish (“rush”).
Noun edit
bulrush (plural bulrushes)
- (biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
- Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
- (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
- (Australia) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]
- 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 56:
- Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.
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any of several wetland plants
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- bulrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cyperaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cyperaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons