noun
tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
• Syn: ↑Juncaceae, ↑family Juncaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot family, ↑liliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
• Member Meronyms: ↑rush, ↑Juncus, ↑genus Juncus
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the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.