bulrush
/ˈbʊlrʌʃ/
词源链
- 英语English
bulrush
词源说明
From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") + rish (“rush”).
释义
名词noun
- 1(biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
- 2Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
- 3AmericasSedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
- 4Australia