WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
bul•rush /ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable* usually plural]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Plant Biologyany of various rushes of the sedge cattail families.
bul•rush
(bŏŏl′rush′),USA pronunciation n.
- (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.
- Plant Biologyany of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.
- late Middle English bulrish papyrus, probably bull1 + rish rush2 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bulrush /ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ/ n Etymology: 15th Century bulrish, bul- perhaps from bull1 + rish rush2, 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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