Meanings
noungreat bulrush (countable and uncountable, plural great bulrushes)
plural great bulrushes
- countableuncountableSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a species of bulrush.
The shore here is dense with Great Bulrushes, and other rushes, too; Mary says four kinds thrive along her lake frontage.
2004, Mary Blocksma, Great Lakes Nature: An Outdoor Year, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 160Synonyms: softstem bulrush, grey club-rush
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani, a species of bulrush.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 莞
- 莞 (guān)Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Finnish sinikaisla
- sinikaislaSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
French jonc des chaisiers glauque
- jonc des chaisiers glauqueSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
German Salz-Teichbinse
- Salz-TeichbinseSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Hawaiian ʻakaʻakai naku, nānaku
- ʻakaʻakai nakuSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- nānakuSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Japanese 太藺
- 太藺 (futoi)Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Korean 큰고랭이
- 큰고랭이 (keun'goraeng'i)Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Latvian zilganais meldrs
- zilganais meldrsSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Polish oczeret Tabernemontana, sitowie Tabernemontana
- oczeret TabernemontanaSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- sitowie TabernemontanaSchoenoplectus tabernaemontani
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APA
great bulrush. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20bulrush
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“great bulrush.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20bulrush. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great bulrush,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20bulrush.
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