Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bulrush

2 senses of bulrush

Sense 1
cat's-tail, bullrush, bulrush, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace, Typha latifolia -- (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)
       => cattail -- (tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes)

Sense 2
bulrush, bullrush, common rush, soft rush, Juncus effusus -- (tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America)
       => rush -- (grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems)