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   Viminaria
         n 1: one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak [syn:
               {Viminaria}, {genus Viminaria}]

English Dictionary: Viminaria by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viminaria denudata
n
  1. Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): swamp oak, Viminaria juncea, Viminaria denudata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Viminaria juncea
n
  1. Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): swamp oak, Viminaria juncea, Viminaria denudata
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rush \Rush\, n. [OE. rusche, rische, resche, AS. risce, akin to
      LG. rusk, risch, D. & G. rusch; all probably fr. L. ruscum
      butcher's broom; akin to Goth. raus reed, G. rohr.]
      1. (Bot.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing
            endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species
            of {Juncus} and {Scirpus}.
  
      Note: Some species are used in bottoming chairs and plaiting
               mats, and the pith is used in some places for wicks to
               lamps and rushlights.
  
      2. The merest trifle; a straw.
  
                     John Bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
                                                                              --Arbuthnot.
  
      {Bog rush}. See under {Bog}.
  
      {Club rush}, any rush of the genus {Scirpus}.
  
      {Flowering rush}. See under {Flowering}.
  
      {Nut rush}
            (a) Any plant of the genus {Scleria}, rushlike plants with
                  hard nutlike fruits.
            (b) A name for several species of {Cyperus} having
                  tuberous roots.
  
      {Rush broom}, an Australian leguminous plant ({Viminaria
            denudata}), having long, slender branches. Also, the
            Spanish broom. See under {Spanish}.
  
      {Rush candle}, See under {Candle}.
  
      {Rush grass}, any grass of the genus {Vilfa}, grasses with
            wiry stems and one-flowered spikelets.
  
      {Rush toad} (Zo[94]l.), the natterjack.
  
      {Scouring rush}. (Bot.) Same as {Dutch rush}, under {Dutch.}
           
  
      {Spike rush}, any rushlike plant of the genus {Eleocharis},
            in which the flowers grow in dense spikes.
  
      {Sweet rush}, a sweet-scented grass of Arabia, etc.
            ({Andropogon sch[d2]nanthus}), used in Oriental medical
            practice.
  
      {Wood rush}, any plant of the genus {Luzula}, which differs
            in some technical characters from {Juncus}.
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