Bulrush

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The term bulrush (or sometimes as bullrush) typically refers to tall, herbaceous plants that grow in wetlands. However, as a common name for a plant, bulrush can mean very different things in different parts of the world.

In British English, bulrush is sometimes incorrectly the common name for Typha, called "cattail" in American English. True Bulrush is a sedge, Schoenoplectus lacustris.

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In American English, a bulrush is any one of several plants in the family Cyperaceae, typically of the genus Scirpus, Bolboschoenus, or Schoenoplectus.
Rushes are similar plants classified in the family Juncaceae
In the Bible the infant Moses was found among the bulrushes, a reference to Cyperus papyrus.
In New Zealand bullrush is a game normally enjoyed by children.

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