COMMON RUSH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bullrush; bulrush; common rush; Juncus effusus; soft rush

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common rush" is a kind of...):

rush (grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems)

Holonyms ("common rush" is a member of...):

genus Juncus; Juncus (type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes)