English-Thai Dictionary
bulrush
N หญ้า พวก ต้น อ้อ yar-puag-ton-or
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BULRUSH
n.[bole, or boll, and rush. ] A large kind of rush, growing in wet land or water, and without knots, says Johnson, but Dryden calls it, the knotty bulrush. It is not a technical word.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BULRUSH
Bul "rush `, n. Etym: [OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush. ] (Bot. )
Defn: A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
Note: The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat- tail (Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia ) and to the lake club-rush (Scirpus lacustris ); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bulrush
bul rush |ˈbo͝olˌrəSH ˈbʊlˌrəʃ |(also bullrush ) ▶noun 1 another term for cattail. 2 a tall rushlike water plant of the sedge family. Native to temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, it has been widely used for weaving and is grown as an aid to water purification in some areas. [Scirpus lacustris, family Cyperaceae. ] 3 (in biblical use ) a papyrus plant. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from bull 1 in the sense ‘large or coarse, ’ as in words such as bullfrog .
Oxford Dictionary
bulrush
bulrush |ˈbʊlrʌʃ |(also bullrush ) ▶noun 1 a tall reed-like water plant with strap-like leaves and a dark brown velvety cylindrical head of numerous tiny flowers. Also called reed mace. ●Genus Typha, family Typhaceae: several species, in particular T. latifolia. 2 another term for clubrush. 3 (in biblical use ) a papyrus plant. ORIGIN late Middle English: probably from bull 1 in the sense ‘large or coarse ’, as in words such as bullfrog .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
bulrush
bul rush /bʊ́lrʌ̀ʃ /名詞 C 1 〘植 〙｟米 ｠ホタルイ属の植物 ; ｟英 ｠ガマ属の植物 .2 〘聖書 〙パピルス (草 ).
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