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What is another word for bulrushes?

Pronunciation: [bˈʊlɹʌʃɪz] (IPA)

Bulrushes are tall, slender plants that grow in wetlands and are often used for weaving baskets and mats. They are also known as reeds, rushes, cattails, and freshwater marsh plants. Reeds are very similar to bulrushes, but are often used to describe an entire family of wetland plants. Rushes are a type of plant that grows in shallow water and is often used to make rope or twine. Cattails are another wetland plant that is used to weave baskets, mats, and other handicrafts. Freshwater marsh plants are a more specific term that includes all the plants that grow in wetlands with still or slowly moving freshwater.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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A grin crept over the sharp little old face peering out from the bulrushes.
"The Adventures of Reddy Fox"
Thornton W. Burgess
Billy's sharp eyes had seen something moving over in the bulrushes.
"The Adventures of Reddy Fox"
Thornton W. Burgess
They walked along the shore wending their way between the birches and the high bulrushes, apparently with the intention of making the circuit of the small island.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse

Famous quotes with Bulrushes

  • A bird piped suddenly, and was still; and a light breeze sprang up and set the reeds and bulrushes rustling.So beautiful and strange and new.The Mole, greatly wondering, obeyed. 'I hear nothing myself,' he said, 'but the wind playing in the reeds and rushes and osiers.'
    Kenneth Grahame
  • England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.
    Lydia Maria Child

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