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Definition of Bullrushes
1. bullrush [n] - See also: bullrush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullrushes
| bullous oedema vesicae bullpen bullpens bullpout bullpouts bullpup bullpups bullring bullrings bullroarer | bullroarers bullrush bullrushes (current term) bulls bullseye bullseyes bullshido |
Literary usage of Bullrushes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"In the center of this region of bullrushes and stunted forest is an open sheet
... The stunted forests and the bullrushes here are traversed by a maize of ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Melospiza cinerea melodia. SONO SPARROW.— First record for the fall of 1904 was
on Oct. 16. Several were feeding in the bullrushes of ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1890)
"Then she put her little baby in this here cradle, and carried it to the river,
and put it on the water amongst some bullrushes so as it couldnt float down. ..."
4. Discoveries at Ephesus Including the Site and Remains of the Great Temple of by John Turtle Wood (1877)
"The form of the Port is clearly defined by the tall bullrushes which now cover
nearly ... The bullrushes grow to the height of fifteen feet, and a beautiful ..."
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