espadaña — meaning in English

English meaning

• belfry noun A tower or part of a tower, usually attached to a church, that houses bells.
• bulrush noun A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).

Senses

espadaña is used for these senses in English:

• bell tower A tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry.
• bell-gable (architecture) An element crowning the upper end of the wall of a church and in which a bell is hung, usually in lieu of a campanile or bell tower.
• bulrush (AU) Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga. [from 18th c.]
• cattail (US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.

bulrush — full definition

1. noun A plant referred to in the story of Moses as growing along the banks of the Nile, which is believed to be the papyrus (Cyperus papyrus).
2. noun Any of various tall, narrow-leaved plants growing near water, especially cattail or reedmace, in the genus Typha.
3. noun Sedges in the genera Bolboschoenus or Schoenoplectus (formerly considered Scirpus), having clusters of spikelets.
4. noun Any of various reed-like plants growing near water, especially Typha domingensis and Typha orientalis; cumbungi, wonga.

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