JUNCUS Synonyms
There are 2 hypernyms of the word juncus. (close relations)
Definition of JUNCUS
Best Alternative Words for JUNCUS
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| 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 | ||||||||
| grass | nounn | |||||||
noun • German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927) • narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay • a police informer who implicates many people • bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle • street names for marijuana verb • shoot down, of birds • cover with grass • spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach • feed with grass • give away information about somebody | ||||||||
| reed | 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 | ||||||||
| rush | 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 | ||||||||
| genus juncus | nounn | |||||||
noun • type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes | ||||||||
