1. a tall wetland plant with long narrow leaves and brown cylindrical flower spikes

Examples

• The bulrushes swayed gently in the marsh breeze.
• Ducks nested among the thick bulrushes at the pond’s edge.
• The wetland was filled with bulrushes and other aquatic plants.
• Children wove baskets from dried bulrush stems.
• The bulrush’s brown seed heads released fluffy white seeds in autumn.
• Herons often hide behind tall bulrushes while hunting for fish.