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Soft rush   /sɑft rəʃ/   Listen
Soft rush

noun
1.
Tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America.  Synonyms: bullrush, bulrush, common rush, Juncus effusus.






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"Soft rush" Quotes from Famous Books



... into utter silence. Some small animal, meeting the death its brief life had evaded a hundred times, screamed shrilly, and was silent. Great branches, stirred by the night wind, moved high above his head, and when there was utter silence, Peter could hear the steady, soft rush of the ocean, dulled here to the sound of gigantic, ...
— Sisters • Kathleen Norris

... in the cry, and she came into the room with a sort of soft rush that was intensely feminine. The men were there. Nigel was sitting up, but leaning against cushions on the divan close to the upright piano, on which stood the score of "Gerontius." Isaacson was standing before him, bending, and holding both his hands ...
— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens



Words linked to "Soft rush" :   Juncus, Juncus effusus, genus Juncus, rush



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