rush
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- noun
- /rʌʃ/
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junco
- We laid down a beautiful mat made of rush fibers along the riverbank for our picnic.
- cane rush
We made a list of iconic infants, Moses and the rushes Manger Jesus.
- We made a list of iconic infants, Moses and the rushes Manger Jesus.
- We're gonna check them out and bring some rushes, maybe bring some beers.
Examples
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Then they spread out their rush mats that Little Twig's mother had woven for them.
Fiction book (1998) -
Through the low rush of the water, he could just make out the sound of her breathing.
Fiction book (1995) -
Three-fourths of the rush family, including most species in the United States, belong to the genus Juncus.
Academic text (1992) -
More than 144,000 individual plants representing 13 species were planted, including soft rush, common cattail, reed canary grass, and herstem bulrush.
Academic text (1996) -
The wetland was filled with various plants, including rush, which thrived in the moist soil.
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In the marshy area, the tall rush plants swayed gently in the breeze.
Synonyms
A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes
A tall grass-like plant with soft upright stems that grows in wet places
A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes
A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections
A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground
Idioms
Compounds
- UK
A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes
A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground
- Australian
A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections
- Specialized
A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America
A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground
- Specialized
A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes
- Specialized
A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water
How Tall
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rush for the plant is an old name for a reed-like grass that grows in wet places and was used to weave 'mats', so that wet, reed-like plant is still called a rush.