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Definition of Bog rush

Bog rush
Bog Bog, n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.] 1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass. Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit, Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. --R. Jago. 2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.] Bog bean. See Buck bean. Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Bog blitter, Bog bluiter, Bog jumper, the bittern. [Prov.] Bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --P. Cyc. Bog moss. (Bot.) Same as Sphagnum. Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. Bog ore. (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. Bog spavin. See under Spavin.

Meaning of Bog rush from wikipedia

- effusus at Wikispecies Calflora Database: Juncus effusus (Bog rush, Common bog rush, Common rush) Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Juncus effusus...
- evansi**** K.L.Wilson Schoenus falcatus R.Br. ― Sickle bog-rush Schoenus ferrugineus L. ― Brown bog-rush, endemic to Europe Schoenus fluitans Hook.f. ― Floating...
- Schoenus nigricans is a species of sedge known by the common names black bog-rush and black sedge. It is native to Eurasia, parts of Africa, Australia, and...
- Juncus stygius, called the bog rush and moor rush, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Juncus, with a high cir****boreal distribution, never reaching...
- 266 metres (873 ft). The landscape of the townland and bog is dominated mainly by Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans) and Purple Moor-gr**** (Molinia caerulea)...
- Brown bog-rush Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family:...
- Schoenus apogon, known as common bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to eastern Australia, New Zealand and ****an. A tufted annual gr****-like plant growing...
- rare in Britain, and support two species, Black Bog-rush (Schoenus nigricans) and Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus), that have restricted distributions...
- Pterostylis nigricans brownhood orchid [near threatened] Schoenus scabripes bog rush [near threatened] Thesium australe toadflax [vulnerable] North Stradbroke...
- Schoenus ****tus, known as the hairy bog-rush, is a species of sedge native to Australia. A tufted perennial gr****-like plant growing from 30 to 60 cm...