noun. Any of various aquatic or wetland sedges chiefly of the genus Scirpus, having grasslike leaves and usually clusters of small, often brown spikelets.

noun. Any of several wetland plants of similar aspect, such as the papyrus and the cattail.

noun. The popular name for large rush-like plants growing in marshes.

noun. A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.

noun. Any of several wetland herbs, of the genus Scirpus, having clusters of spikelets.

noun. Any similar plant, such as papyrus.

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

noun. tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America

"The name bulrush is more correctly applied to _Scirpus lacustris_, a member of a different family (Cyperaceae), a common plant in wet places, with tall spongy, usually leafless stems, bearing a tuft of many-flowered spikelets."