bulrush 音标拼音: [b'ʊlrəʃ]
n . 芦苇,香蒲,纸草
芦苇,香蒲,纸草
bulrush n 1 :
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 [
synonym :
{
cat '
s -
tail }, {
bullrush }, {
bulrush }, {
nailrod }, {
reed mace }, {
reedmace }, {
Typha latifolia }]
2 :
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia ,
Australia ,
New Zealand ,
and common in North America [
synonym :
{
bulrush }, {
bullrush }, {
common rush }, {
soft rush }, {
Juncus effusus }]
Bulrush \
Bul "
rush `\ (
b [.
u ]
l "
r [
u ^]
sh `),
n . [
OE .
bulrysche ,
bolroysche ;
of uncertain origin ,
perh .
fr .
bole stem rush .]
(
Bot .)
A kind of large rush ,
growing in wet land or in water .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
cattail \
cat "
tail \,
Cat -
tail \
Cat "-
tail \(
k [
a ^]
t "
t [=
a ]
l ),
n .
(
Bot .)
A tall erect rush or flag ({
Typha latifolia })
growing widely in fresh and salt marshes ,
with long ,
flat ,
sword -
shaped leaves ,
having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem ; --
called also {
bulrush }
and {
reed mace }.
The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs ,
making mats ,
etc .
See {
Catkin }.
[
1913 Webster WordNet 1 .
5 ]
Note :
The {
lesser cat -
tail }
is {
Typha angustifolia }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Bulrush (
1 .)
In Isa .
58 :
5 the rendering of a word which denotes "
belonging to a marsh ,"
from the nature of the soil in which it grows (
Isa .
18 :
2 ).
It was sometimes platted into ropes (
Job .
41 :
2 ;
A .
V ., "
hook ,"
R .
V ., "
rope ,"
lit . "
cord of rushes ").
(
2 .)
In Ex .
2 :
3 ,
Isa .
18 :
2 (
R .
V ., "
papyrus ")
this word is the translation of the Hebrew _gome_ ,
which designates the plant as absorbing moisture .
In Isa .
35 :
7 and Job 8 :
11 it is rendered "
rush ."
This was the Egyptian papyrus (
papyrus Nilotica ).
It was anciently very abundant in Egypt .
The Egyptians made garments and shoes and various utensils of it .
It was used for the construction of the ark of Moses (
Ex .
2 :
3 ,
5 ).
The root portions of the stem were used for food .
The inside bark was cut into strips ,
which were sewed together and dried in the sun ,
forming the papyrus used for writing .
It is no longer found in Egypt ,
but grows luxuriantly in Palestine ,
in the marshes of the Huleh ,
and in the swamps at the north end of the Lake of Gennesaret .
(
See {
CANE }.)
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