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bulrush
[ bool-ruhsh ]
noun
- (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.
- any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.
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Origin of bulrush1
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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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