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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The most important genus of the Juncaceæ or rushes, containing about half of the species.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The type genus of the Juncaceae, comprising the rushes; they are perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions.

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  • noun type genus of the Juncaceae; perennial tufted glabrous marsh plants of temperate regions: rushes

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Examples

  • Microscopic examination revealed these to be the digested remains mainly of a rushy plant called Juncus, identified by the shape of its epidermal cells, which still grows in marshes and along water courses in Egypt today.

    Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - The Elite Cemetery: Week 7, Part 2 2002

  • The northern slopes also support wetland species such as Juncus maritimus, Typha australis, Scirpus holoschoenus, Phragmites australis and Equisetum ramosissimum.

    Tibesti-Jebel Uweinat montane xeric woodlands 2007

  • Dominated by soft rush (Juncus effusus) and fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) is Lily Pond, an example of an intact urban ecosystem, located in Blue Heron Park, Staten Island.

    Marielle Anzelone: Nature in New York City Marielle Anzelone 2011

  • Dominated by soft rush (Juncus effusus) and fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) is Lily Pond, an example of an intact urban ecosystem, located in Blue Heron Park, Staten Island.

    Marielle Anzelone: Nature in New York City Marielle Anzelone 2011

  • Dominated by soft rush (Juncus effusus) and fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) is Lily Pond, an example of an intact urban ecosystem, located in Blue Heron Park, Staten Island.

    Marielle Anzelone: Nature in New York City Marielle Anzelone 2011

  • The peat-bog is formed of Juncus effusus with Spagnum rugegense.

    Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

  • Dominated by soft rush (Juncus effusus) and fragrant water lily (Nymphaea odorata) is Lily Pond, an example of an intact urban ecosystem, located in Blue Heron Park, Staten Island.

    Marielle Anzelone: Nature in New York City Marielle Anzelone 2011

  • Southern areas include such herbs as the Arctic poppies (Papaver spp.), wood rush (Luzula spp.), wire rush (Juncus arcticus), and moss.

    Arctic 2010

  • The seasonally flooded hollows are covered with sea clubrush Scirpus maritimus, bulrush Schoenoplectus lacustris, rushes Juncus sp. and crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii.

    Doñana National Park, Spain 2008

  • Other typical species found here are Najas pectinata, Eichhornia crassipes, and Cyperus and Juncus spp. that grow along lake shores.

    Nile Delta flooded savanna 2008

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