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Word: Bulrush
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: probably from bull in the sense ‘large or coarse’, as in words such as bullfrog
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈbʊlrʌʃ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a tall reedlike water plant with a dark brown velvety cylindrical head of numerous tiny flowers.
Short Definition:tall reedlike water plant
Definition:
(in biblical use) a papyrus plant.
Short Definition:(in biblical use) papyrus plant
Variant Forms:
- bullrush
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