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common rush

n. tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America [syn: bulrush, bullrush, soft rush, Juncus effusus]

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Up the sides of this depression grew sheaves of the common rush, and here and there a peculiar species of flag, the blades of which glistened in the emerging sun, like scythes.