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Definition: rush grass
rush grass
n : grass having wiry stems and sheathed panicles [syn:
rush-grass]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rush grass
Rush
\Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to
LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum
butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]
1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing
endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species
of
Juncus and
Scirpus.
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Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting
mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to
lamps and rushlights.
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2. The merest trifle; a straw.
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John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
--Arbuthnot.
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Bog rush. See under
Bog.
Club rush, any rush of the genus
Scirpus.
Flowering rush. See under
Flowering.
Nut rush
(a) Any plant of the genus
Scleria, rushlike plants with
hard nutlike fruits.
(b) A name for several species of
Cyperus having
tuberous roots.
Rush broom, an Australian leguminous plant (
Viminaria denudata
), having long, slender branches. Also, the
Spanish broom. See under
Spanish.
Rush candle, See under
Candle.
Rush grass, any grass of the genus
Vilfa, grasses with
wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.
Rush toad (Zo["o]l.), the natterjack.
Scouring rush. (Bot.) Same as
Dutch rush, under
Dutch.
Spike rush, any rushlike plant of the genus
Eleocharis,
in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.
Sweet rush, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.
(
Andropogon sch[oe]nanthus), used in Oriental medical
practice.
Wood rush, any plant of the genus
Luzula, which differs
in some technical characters from
Juncus.
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