BULRUSH

also bullrush noun Etymology: Middle English bulrysche Date: 15th century any of several large rushes or sedges growing in wetlands: as, any of a genus ( Scirpus, especially S. lacustris ) of annual or perennial sedges that bear solitary or much-clustered spikelets containing perfect flowers with a perianth of six bristles, either of two cattails ( Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia ), papyrus