BULRUSH

[bul.rush] also bull.rush n [ME bulrysche] (15c): any of several large rushes or sedges growing in wetlands: as a: any of a genus of annual or perennial sedges (Scirpus, esp. S. lacustris) that bear solitary or much-clustered spikelets containing perfect flowers with a perianth of six bristles b Brit: either of two cattails (Typha latifolia and T. angustifolia) c: papyrus