"bulrush" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bulrushes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") plus rish (“rush”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bulrish}} Middle English bulrish, {{m|enm|bule||bull}} bule (“bull”), {{m|enm|rish||rush}} rish (“rush”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bulrush (plural bulrushes)
  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). Categories (topical): Bible Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Water plants
    Sense id: en-bulrush-en-noun-qivzF4Fe Disambiguation of Commelinids: 23 28 20 29 Disambiguation of Water plants: 21 31 16 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 22 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 28 27 26 Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
  2. Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha. Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Water plants
    Sense id: en-bulrush-en-noun-BDOn2rET Disambiguation of Commelinids: 23 28 20 29 Disambiguation of Water plants: 21 31 16 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 22 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 28 27 26
  3. (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets. Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Sedges, Water plants
    Sense id: en-bulrush-en-noun-a9w8yohX Disambiguation of Commelinids: 23 28 20 29 Disambiguation of Sedges: 20 22 34 24 Disambiguation of Water plants: 21 31 16 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 22 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 28 27 26
  4. (Australia) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Commelinids, Water plants
    Sense id: en-bulrush-en-noun-b1MML14R Disambiguation of Commelinids: 23 28 20 29 Disambiguation of Water plants: 21 31 16 31 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 25 22 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 28 27 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bullrush Derived forms: chairmaker's bulrush, green bulrush, Olney's bulrush, seek a knot in a bulrush, woolgrass bulrush Related terms: rush, cattail, papyrus, reed, sedge Translations (any of several wetland plants): xunkth (Albanian), kallame (Albanian), папур (papur) (Bulgarian), boga [feminine] (Catalan), bies [feminine] (Dutch), H-Hn:n-i-M2 (ḥnj) (Egyptian), kaisla (Finnish), scirpe [masculine] (French), jonc [masculine] (French), espadana [feminine] (Galician), canaveira [feminine] (Galician), carrizo [masculine] (Galician), Simse [feminine] (German), סוּף (suf) [masculine] (Hebrew), sás (Hungarian), káka (Hungarian), palka (Hungarian), gyékény (Hungarian), glaisa (Ingrian), giunco di palude [masculine] (Italian), (i) (Japanese), 골풀 (golpul) (Korean), scirpus [masculine] (Latin), ʔulal (Lushootseed), рогоз (rogoz) [masculine] (Macedonian), шамак (šamak) [masculine] (Macedonian), шавар (šavar) [masculine] (Macedonian), kāpūngāwhā (Maori), raupō (Maori), wīwī (Maori), tanjil (Nyunga), ēarisċ [feminine] (Old English), قوغهلق (koğalık) (Ottoman Turkish), sitowie [collective, neuter] (Polish), junco [masculine] (Portuguese), taboa [feminine] (Portuguese), tutura (Quechua), papură (Romanian), рого́з (rogóz) [masculine] (Russian), luachair-bhog [collective, feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), rogoz [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), espadaña [feminine] (Spanish), gladio [masculine] (Spanish), anea [feminine] (Spanish), enea [feminine] (Spanish), boga [feminine] (Spanish), totora [feminine] (Spanish), aceña [feminine] (Spanish), bruła [feminine] (Venetian), clwbfrwynen [feminine] (Welsh), llafrwynen [feminine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'any of several wetland plants': 11 41 7 41

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      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
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        "feminine"
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      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "xunkth"
    },
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
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      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
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      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
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      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḥnj",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "H-Hn:n-i-M2"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "kaisla"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jonc"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "carrizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Simse"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "suf",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "סוּף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "sás"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "káka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "palka"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "gyékény"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "glaisa"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "giunco di palude"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "i",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "イ"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "golpul",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "골풀"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scirpus"
    },
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      "code": "lut",
      "lang": "Lushootseed",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "ʔulal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rogoz",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рогоз"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šamak",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шамак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šavar",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шавар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "kāpūngāwhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "raupō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "wīwī"
    },
    {
      "code": "nys",
      "lang": "Nyunga",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "tanjil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ēarisċ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "koğalık",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "قوغهلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sitowie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "junco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taboa"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "tutura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "word": "papură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rogóz",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рого́з"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "collective",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "luachair-bhog"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rogoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "espadaña"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gladio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "enea"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "boga"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "totora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aceña"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bruła"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clwbfrwynen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any of several wetland plants",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llafrwynen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bulrush"
}

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