bulrush

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Noun

bulrush (plural bulrushes)

1. Any of several wetland plants, mostly in the family Cyperaceae (the sedges):
   1. (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
   2. (UK) Cattails or reedmace, in the genus Typha
   3. (biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.

Related terms

• rush

Translations

• French: scirpe
• German: Simse
• Italian: giunco di palude
• Portuguese: junco, taboa
• Russian: рого́з

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