Bulrush

Word BULRUSH
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Hyphenation bul rush
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Definitions and meanings of "Bulrush"

What do we mean by bulrush?

Any of various aquatic or wetland sedges chiefly of the genus Scirpus, having grasslike leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets. noun

Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail. noun

The popular name for large rush-like plants growing in marshes. noun

A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water. noun

Any of several wetland herbs, of the genus Scirpus, having clusters of spikelets. noun

Any similar plant, such as papyrus. noun

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 noun

Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America noun

Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges):

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The word "bulrush" in example sentences

The name bulrush is more correctly applied to _Scirpus lacustris_, a member of a different family (Cyperaceae), a common plant in wet places, with tall spongy, usually leafless stems, bearing a tuft of many-flowered spikelets. ❋ Various (N/A)

The giant was in the midst of it; but weak as the bulrush were the mighty limbs of Maximus before the rushing gale. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Trivia note of the week: apparently this plant used to be called reedmace, and became known as 'bulrush' because of an erroneously named but popular painting. ❋ Carla (2008)

The meaner sort are covered with mats which they make of a kind of bulrush, and are also indifferently tight and warm, but not so good as the former .... ❋ Unknown (2004)

a kind of bulrush, and are also indifferently tight and warm, but not so good as the former .... ❋ Henry David Thoreau (1839)

The meaner sort of wigwams are covered with mats they make of a kind of bulrush, which are also indifferent tight and warm, but not so good as the former. " ❋ Samuel De Champlain (1601)

I've also done "Flyway Fried Rice" with wild rice, bulrush shoots, black walnuts, wild onions and wild duck. ❋ Stephanie J. Stiavetti (2011)

Cattails and bulrush seeds can live in a dormant state for over 30-years awaiting rainfall to germinate and refill potholes. ❋ Dr. Reese Halter (2010)

It would be greener than almost any other city in China, with protected areas for wild grasses, such as bulrush, hairy uraria, and wild chrysanthemum, and wetland birds, including purple herons, flying snipes, and black-winged stilts. ❋ Jonathan Watts (2010)

On seeing Mr Blair's cover photograph she began to sniffle: "He was so full of promise," she said, "And look at him now, he's a broken bulrush in the River Nile of life." ❋ Sue Townsend (2010)

From time immemorial, the artisans of the Lake Pátzcuaro region have made diverse objects from tule and chuspata, a variety of bulrush. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The South Carolina baskets are usually a combination of light and deep beige, keeping to the traditional sweetgrass and bulrush. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Around her, the fragrance of sweetgrass and bulrush scents the air. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Those French knots are from pine needles, and the dark lines are bulrush," Jackson says. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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