bulrush
bulrush definition
bul·rush (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
Etymology: ME bulryshe < bol, stem (see bole) + rusche, rush
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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