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語源

From 中期英語 bulrish, perhaps from bule (“bull”) (in the sense of "large") + rish (“rush”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbʊlɹʌʃ/
• ハイフネーション: bul‧rush

名詞

bulrush (plural bulrushes)

1. (biblical) A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
2. Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
3. (Americas) Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
4. (Australia) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]
   • 2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 56:

     Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.

派生語

関連する語

• rush

参考

• cattail
• papyrus
• reed
• sedge

Further reading

• bulrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cyperaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cyperaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons