(n) tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America, Syn. common rush, bullrush, soft rush, Juncus effusus
(n) 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, Syn. reedmace, nailrod, bullrush, reed mace, Typha latifolia, bulrush
n. [ OE. bulrysche, bolroysche; of uncertain origin, perh. fr. bole stem + rush. ] (Bot.) A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and Typha angustifolia) and to the lake club-rush (Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush. [ 1913 Webster ]
[かば(蒲);がま;こうほ(蒲);かま(ok), kaba ( kama ); gama ; kouho ( kama ); kama (ok)] (n) (uk) common cattail (Typha latifolia); common bulrush; common reed mace#6159
[ふとん, futon] (n) (1) futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor); (2) round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves); (P)