bul|rush

bul|rush
bul|rush «BUL RUHSH», noun.
1. a tall, slender plant that grows in wet places, used in making mats, bottoms of chairs, and the like. The bulrush belongs to the sedge family.
2. British. the cattail.
3. U.S. any one of several rushes, especially the common rush.
4. the papyrus of Egypt (in the Bible, Exodus 2:3). Also, bullrush.
╂[Middle English bulrysche < bule bole1 + rysche, Old English rysc rush]

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