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BULLRUSHES Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the word bullrushes. (exact relations)
There are 2 hypernyms of the word bullrushes. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for BULLRUSHES

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bulrushes
verb, nounv, n
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

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

cattails
nounn
noun

• tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes

reeds
nounn
noun

• United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)

• tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

• a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it

• United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

• a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

rushes
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

• physician and American Revolutionary leader; signer of the Declaration of Independence (1745-1813)

• a sudden forceful flow

• grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• a sudden burst of activity

• (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line

adjective satellite

• not accepting reservations

• done under pressure

verb

• move hurridly

• attack suddenly

• urge to an unnatural speed

• act at high speed

• run with the ball, in football

• cause to move fast or to rush or race

• cause to occur rapidly

bulrush
nounn
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

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

cat's-tail
nounn
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

nailrod
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

reedmace
nounn
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

common rush
nounn
noun

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

juncus effusus
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

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

reed mace
nounn
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

soft rush
nounn
noun

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

typha latifolia
nounn
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

Best Hypernyms For BULLRUSHES

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cattail rush

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