bulrush

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Plants

bul·rush /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/ noun [countable]  HBPa tall plant that looks like grass and grows by water 宽叶香蒲；灯心草

Examples from the Corpus

bulrush• Grabbing fruitlessly at bulrush stalks, which snap like chicken bones, he crashes face down into the mud.• Grasping a handful of bulrushes to steady herself, she leaned precariously out to grab it.• Upstream from Leamington Spa, the river Leam flows lazily among waterlilies and tall bulrushes.• In the distance, between the bulrush plumes, a bridge across the stream can be seen among the foliage.• MacAdams would let the bulrushes and willows grow.• The surrounding carved stonework contained the date, and in the middle were metal panels displaying a dolphin with bulrushes.Origin bulrush (1400-1500) Probably from bull + rush

bul·rush nounChineseSyllable  

by a grass plant Corpus and tall that like grows looks

bulrush
bul‧rush /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/ noun [countable]a tall plant that looks like grass and grows by water

bul·rush (also bull·rush) BrE /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʊlrʌʃ/ 🔊 noun

a tall plant with long narrow leaves and a long brown head of flowers, that grows in or near water 藨草；宽叶香蒲；灯芯草