Bul·rush n. Bot. A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
Note: ☞ The name bulrush is applied in England especially to the cat-tail (Typha latifolia and Typha angustifolia) and to the lake club-rush (Scirpus lacustris); in America, to the Juncus effusus, and also to species of Scirpus or club-rush.
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Juncus effusus
n : tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia,
Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America [syn:
bulrush, bullrush, common rush, soft rush]