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bulrushes

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bul⋅rush

  [bool-ruhsh]
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–noun
1. (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.
2. any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME bulrish papyrus, prob. bull 1 + rish rush 2

cat⋅tail

  [kat-teyl]
–noun
any tall, reedlike marsh plant of the genus Typha, esp. T. latifolia, having long, sword-shaped leaves and dense, cylindrical clusters of minute brown flowers.
Also called bulrush, reed mace.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME cattestail. See cat1 , tail 1
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bul·rush   (bŏŏl'rŭsh')   
n.  

  1. Any of various aquatic or wetland herbs of the genus Scirpus, having grasslike leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets.

  2. Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail.


[Middle English bulrish : perhaps alteration (influenced by bule, bull) of bole, stem; see bole1 + rish, rush; see rush2.]
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