'Club rush' definitions:
Definition of 'Club rush'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The merest trifle; a straw. [1913 Webster]
- John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 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 (Zool.), 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 schoenanthus), used in Oriental medical practice.
- Wood rush, any plant of the genus Luzula, which differs in some technical characters from Juncus. [1913 Webster]