bulrush

1 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 [syn: cat's-tail, bullrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia]

2 tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America [syn: bullrush, common rush, soft rush, Juncus effusus]

English

Alternative spellings

• bullrush

Noun

1. Any of several wetland herbs, of the genus Scirpus, having clusters of spikelets; Any similar plant, such as papyrus

Related terms

• rush

Translations

• Italian: giunco di palude
• Korean: 골풀 (golpul)

See also

• cattail
• papyrus
• reed
• sedge

Bulrush or bullrush may refer to:

Tall rush-like wetland plants

• Bulrush (in most modern usages of British English), Typha (reedmace or cattail)
• Bulrush (in American English and older botanical usages in British English), one of several larger sedges, typically of the following genera:
  • Bulrush, Scirpus
  • Bulrush, Bolboschoenus
  • Bulrush, Schoenoplectus (the most common older British English use)
  • Bulrush, Cyperus
  • Bulrushes, the material used for making the ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was found: probably paper reed (Cyperus papyrus)

Other

• Task Force Bullrush, a task force led by the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit in Iraq in 2006 and 2007
• Bullrush, the name used in Australia and New Zealand for British Bulldogs (game), a children's playground game