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bulrush
(bo̵ol′rus̸h′)
noun
- any of a number of marsh plants (genus Scirpus) of the sedge family, having slender, round or triangular, solid stems tipped with brown spikelets of minute flowers
- Brit. the cattail
- popularly any aquatic plant resembling a bulrush, as the papyrus
Origin: ME bulryshe < bol, stem (see bole) + rusche, rush
See bulrush in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Any of various aquatic or wetland herbs of the genus Scirpus, having grasslike leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets.
- Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English bulrish
Origin: : perhaps alteration (influenced by bule, bull)
Origin: of bole, stem; see bole1
Origin: + rish, rush; see rush2
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