COMMON RUSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common rush mean? 

• COMMON RUSH (noun)
  The noun COMMON RUSH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: COMMON RUSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON RUSH (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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)