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bulrush
[ bool-ruhsh ]
noun
- (in Biblical use) the papyrus, Cyperus papyrus.
- any of various rushes of the genera Scirpus and Typha.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bulrush1
C15 bulrish, bul- perhaps from bull 1+ rish rush ², referring to the largeness of the plant; sense 2 derived from the famous painting by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912), Dutch-born English painter, of the finding of the infant Moses in the "bulrushes" — actually reed mace
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Example Sentences
In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.
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Susan Maples was the first to lay hold of the thick end of the bulrush, by which Harry led her across.
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"Golly, but she's a gold dollar in a gold bank," remarked Jesse Bulrush warmly as he lurched into the street.
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You don't mean that I was of more use than the nurse—than the future Mrs. Jesse Bulrush?
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She was not, however, prepared to see Jesse Bulrush drive up with a buggy after breakfast and take Crozier away.
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