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Meanings of reed mace in English

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boga de fulla ampla

Tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa.

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      boga de fulla ampla
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      Examples for "bulrush"
      Examples for "bulrush"
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      On the oat-grass and the sword-grass, and the bulrush in the pool.
      The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, March 1844 / Vo...
      2
      Smart Mr. Alligator, to take that old bulrush root for my paw!
      Stories to Tell to Children
      3
      A thought light as wafting bulrush down floated into her mind.
      Rain Wild Chronicles 02 - Dragon Haven
      4
      They remained stationary for a time, surrounded by a wall of green bulrush.
      The Young Voyageurs: Boy Hunters in the North
      5
      Shame will make a man blush and hang his head like a bulrush.
      The Riches of Bunyan: Selected from His Works
      1
      The ancient Indian sport has some similarities with the schoolyard game bullrush.
      Radio NZ
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      Principals are pondering what to do about bullrush, assemblies and drinking fountains under alert level 2.
      Radio NZ
      3
      I want to see him hatch; and I shall plant a bullrush for him to climb up.
      Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
      4
      When feathers were lacking for the decoration, the white fluff of the native bullrush made a handy substitute.
      The Long White Cloud: "Ao Tea Roa"
      5
      Yes, under the roots of a clump of bullrush, he lifted out with his spade- apotof Narbonne honey!
      The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
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      Bride river still flowed her old way to her work and came, by goldilocks and grasses, by reedmace and angelica, to the mill-race and water-wheel.
      The Spinners
      Usage of reed mace in English
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      And in her long wet hair were the white flowers of the water-violet, and she held a reed mace in her hand.
      The Art of the Story-Teller
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