bulrush

[ bool-ruhsh ]

/ ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ /

noun

(in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.

any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.

Origin of bulrush

1400–50; late Middle English bulrish papyrus, probably bull¹ + rishrush²

Words nearby bulrush

bully pulpit, bullyrag, bully tree, bulnbuln, Bülow, bulrush, Bultmann, bulwark, Bulwer, Bulwer-Lytton, bum

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Example sentences from the Web for bulrush

Bulrush millet, another native crop, was ill suited to Aaron's well-drained fields.
Blind Man's Lantern|Allen Kim Lang
Bulrush, bool′rush, n. a large strong rush, which grows on wet land or in water—often applied to the cat's-tail (Typha).
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
They are found on the leaves of the toule (bulrush), and the farina is prepared in various ways.
The Trail-Hunter|Gustave Aimard
Once I saw a ploughman and his team of oxen being ferried across the lake on a bulrush raft.
Inca Land|Hiram Bingham

The old Alligator was hidden away beneath the mud and bulrush leaves, and he couldn't see anything.
Stories to Tell Children|Sara Cone Bryant

British Dictionary definitions for bulrush

bulrush

/ (ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ) /

noun

a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris, used for making mats, chair seats, etc

a popular name for reed mace (def. 1)

a biblical word for papyrus (def. 1)

Word Origin for bulrush

C15 bulrish, bul- perhaps from bull 1 + rish rush ², referring to the largeness of the plant; sense 2 derived from the famous painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter, of the finding of the infant Moses in the "bulrushes" — actually reed mace

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单词	bulrush
释义	bulrush [ bool-ruhsh ] / ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ / noun (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus. any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha. Origin of bulrush 1400–50; late Middle English bulrish papyrus, probably bull¹ + rishrush² Words nearby bulrush bully pulpit, bullyrag, bully tree, bulnbuln, Bülow, bulrush, Bultmann, bulwark, Bulwer, Bulwer-Lytton, bum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bulrush Bulrush millet, another native crop, was ill suited to Aaron's well-drained fields. Blind Man's Lantern\|Allen Kim Lang Bulrush, bool′rush, n. a large strong rush, which grows on wet land or in water—often applied to the cat's-tail (Typha). Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various They are found on the leaves of the toule (bulrush), and the farina is prepared in various ways. The Trail-Hunter\|Gustave Aimard Once I saw a ploughman and his team of oxen being ferried across the lake on a bulrush raft. Inca Land\|Hiram Bingham The old Alligator was hidden away beneath the mud and bulrush leaves, and he couldn't see anything. Stories to Tell Children\|Sara Cone Bryant British Dictionary definitions for bulrush bulrush / (ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ) / noun a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris, used for making mats, chair seats, etc a popular name for reed mace (def. 1) a biblical word for papyrus (def. 1) Word Origin for bulrush C15 bulrish, bul- perhaps from bull 1 + rish rush ², referring to the largeness of the plant; sense 2 derived from the famous painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter, of the finding of the infant Moses in the "bulrushes" — actually reed mace Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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