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bulrush

[ bool-ruhsh ]

noun

  1. (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.
  2. any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.


bulrush

/ ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ /

noun

  1. a grasslike cyperaceous marsh plant, Scirpus lacustris , used for making mats, chair seats, etc
  2. a popular name for reed mace
  3. a biblical word for papyrus


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bulrush1

1400–50; late Middle English bulrish papyrus, probably bull 1 + rish rush 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bulrush1

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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Example Sentences

In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

Susan Maples was the first to lay hold of the thick end of the bulrush, by which Harry led her across.

"Golly, but she's a gold dollar in a gold bank," remarked Jesse Bulrush warmly as he lurched into the street.

You don't mean that I was of more use than the nurse—than the future Mrs. Jesse Bulrush?

She was not, however, prepared to see Jesse Bulrush drive up with a buggy after breakfast and take Crozier away.

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