bulrush
noun /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/
/ˈbʊlrʌʃ/
(also bullrush)
- a tall plant with long narrow leaves and a long brown head of flowers, that grows in or near water
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Word Originlate Middle English: probably from bull in the sense ‘large or coarse’, as in words such as bullfrog.