bulrush
pronunciation
How to pronounce bulrush in British English:
UK [ˈbʊlrʌʃ]
How to pronounce bulrush in American English:
US [ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ]
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- 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
- tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
Word Origin
- bulrush (n.)
- also bullrush, type of tall plant growing in or near water (in Biblical use, the Egyptian papyrus), mid-15c., bolroysche, from rush (n.); the signification of bull is doubtful.
Example
- 1. For instance , bulrush , an aquatic plant , is believed to increase blood flow and improve performance .
- 2. I had fever , daddy and uncle made the soup out of bulrush roots .
- 3. Uncle accept stature grows famous dramatist desolate very high , but so gaunt that appear page of a bulrush , and chesterton already big husky .
- 4. Is it to bow down his head as a bulrush , and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him ? Wilt thou call this a fast , and an acceptable day to the lord ?
- 5. Result indicate weed ` s kind of cold-field paddy have13section27class , the large relative density is barnyardgrass , latstalk bulrush , pygmy arrowhead et al . Base on the characteristic of weed ` s happening and community ` s configuration to work out the effective measure .