Lexic.us

Definition of Bullrush

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.

Definition of Bullrush

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bulrush) ¹

2. Noun. A headlong rush into something, heedless of the danger. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bullrush

1. bulrush [n -ES] - See also: bulrush

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullrush

bullous oedema bullous oedema vesicae bullpen bullpens bullpout bullpouts bullpup bullpups bullring bullrings

bullroarer bullroarers bullrush (current term) bullrushes bulls bullseye bullseyes bullshido

Literary usage of Bullrush

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Claims of Japan and Malaysia Upon Christendom by George Tradescant Lay, Charles William King (1839)
"But by cutting across a vascular structure, such, for example, as the common bullrush, the observer of nature may pursue the idea ; and will, ..."

2. Indigenous Knowledge and Its Uses in Southern Africa by Hans Normann (1996)
"The second year bullrush millet is also relay intercropped with late groundnuts. In the third year, following the harvest of groundnuts, another early ..."

3. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"The larges! species of bullrush, frequenting the muddy margins of rivers and ... Sea bullrush. St. acutely 3-angled, leafy, 2—3f high; tes. broad-linear, ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1808)
"1 Lord FG Osborne's bf Matilda, by Whiskey a Five to 4 against bullrush, and G to 4 against ... Lord Grosvenor's brc bullrush, by Sir Peter Teazle, 8st 4lb. ..."

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