bulrush
English
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Alternative forms
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") plus rish (“rush”).
Noun
bulrush (plural bulrushes)
- Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges):
- (Americas) Sedges in the genera Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. or Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
- (UK) Cattails or reedmace, in the genus Typha
- (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, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 780: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
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Translations
Any of several wetland plants
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See also
Further reading
bulrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cyperaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Cyperaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons