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Bulrush

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

📖 Definitions of "Bulrush"

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

🔄 Synonyms of "Bulrush"

8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bullrushnoun	(colloquial) A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger.
soft rushnoun	A plant of the species Juncus effusus, nearly worldwide in distribution, native over much of its current range, excluding Australia, Madagascar, and many islands.
reed macenoun	Alternative form of reedmace. [A water plant, the cattail.]
reedmacenoun	A water plant, the cattail.
typha latifolia	a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha.
common rushnoun	Synonym of soft rush, Juncus effusus.
juncus effusus	a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae, with the common names common rush or soft rush.
nailrodnoun	Any of various plants of the genus Typha.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bulrush"

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Word	Definition
reedmacenoun	A water plant, the cattail.
soft rushnoun	A plant of the species Juncus effusus, nearly worldwide in distribution, native over much of its current range, excluding Australia, Madagascar, and many islands.
common rushnoun	Synonym of soft rush, Juncus effusus.
bullrushnoun	(colloquial) A headlong rush into something, heedless of danger.
reed macenoun	Alternative form of reedmace. [A water plant, the cattail.]
juncus effusus	a perennial herbaceous flowering plant species in the rush family Juncaceae, with the common names common rush or soft rush.
nailrodnoun	Any of various plants of the genus Typha.
typha latifolia	a perennial herbaceous wetland plant in the genus Typha.
tulenoun	(US) Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
milletnoun	Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
bashful	Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.
papyrusnoun	(usually uncountable) A material similar to paper made from the papyrus plant.
paper reednoun	Cyperus papyrus, an aquatic flowering plant of the sedge family, papyrus.
papyrnoun	(obsolete) Alternative form of papyrus. [(usually uncountable) A plant (Cyperus papyrus) in the sedge family, native to the Nile river valley, paper reed.]
basket rushnoun	(California) A rush native to southern California, of species Juncus textilis, traditionally used by the local Indians to make baskets.
green bulrushnoun	A plant of the species Scirpus atrovirens
club rushnoun	Any rush of the genus Scirpus or related genera.
scrubgrassnoun	A plant, the scouring rush.
sea rushnoun	A rush of the genus Juncus: a waterside plant with slender stem-like pith-filled leaves that grows on coastlines.
cyperusnoun	Any sedge of genus Cyperus.