'Spike rush' definitions:
Definition of 'spike rush'
From: WordNet
noun
A sedge of the genus Eleocharis
Definition of 'Spike 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]
Definition of 'Spike rush'
From: GCIDE
- Spike \Spike\, n. [Akin to LG. spiker, spieker, a large nail, D. spijker, Sw. spik, Dan. spiger, Icel. sp[imac]k; all perhaps from L. spica a point, an ear of grain; but in the sense of nail more likely akin to E. spoke of a wheel. Cf. Spine.]
- 1. A sort of very large nail; also, a piece of pointed iron set with points upward or outward. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything resembling such a nail in shape. [1913 Webster]
- He wears on his head the corona radiata . . .; the spikes that shoot out represent the rays of the sun. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An ear of corn or grain. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Bot.) A kind of flower cluster in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis. [1913 Webster]
- Spike grass (Bot.), either of two tall perennial American grasses (Uniola paniculata, and Uniola latifolia) having broad leaves and large flattened spikelets.
- Spike rush. (Bot.) See under Rush.
- Spike shell (Zool.), any pteropod of the genus Styliola having a slender conical shell.
- Spike team, three horses, or a horse and a yoke of oxen, harnessed together, a horse leading the oxen or the span. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]