bullrush

Noun
  1. Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down;
    Its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats;
    Of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa (synset 112176290)
    is a type of: cattail - tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
    same as: bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, typha latifolia
  2. Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America (synset 111764241)
    is a type of: rush - grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
    belongs to: genus juncus, juncus - type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes
    same as: bulrush, common rush, juncus effusus, soft rush

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