BULLRUSH

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bullrush mean? 

• BULLRUSH (noun)
  The noun BULLRUSH has 2 senses:

1. tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
2. tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America

  Familiarity information: BULLRUSH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BULLRUSH (noun)

Meaning:

Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

reedmace; reed mace; nailrod; cat's-tail; bulrush; bullrush; Typha latifolia

Hypernyms ("bullrush" is a kind of...):

cattail (tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes)

Meaning:

Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common rush; Juncus effusus; soft rush; bullrush; bulrush

Hypernyms ("bullrush" is a kind of...):

rush (grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems)

Holonyms ("bullrush" is a member of...):

genus Juncus; Juncus (type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes)