[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

flowering \flow"ering\, a. bot.
   having conspicuous flowers; -- used as an epithet with many
   names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood;
   flowering almond, etc.
   1913 webster

   flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns osmunda, with
      conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. they usually grow in wet
      places.

   flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils,
      and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; --
      distinguished from flowerless plants.

   flowering rush, a european rushlike plant butomus
      umbellatus, with an umbel of rosy blossoms.
      1913 webster
see also:
flowering fern osmunda flowering plants flowerless plants flowering rush butomus umbellatus 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

   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.
         1913 webster

   2. the merest trifle; a straw.
      1913 webster

            john bull's friendship is not worth a rush.
                                                  --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   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 zool., 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 schoenanthus, used in oriental medical
      practice.

   wood rush, any plant of the genus luzula, which differs
      in some technical characters from juncus.
      1913 webster
see also:
juncus scirpus bog rush bog club rush flowering rush 
flowering nut rush scleria cyperus rush broom 
viminaria denudata spanish rush candle candle rush grass 
vilfa rush toad scouring rush dutch rush dutch. 
spike rush eleocharis sweet rush andropogon schoenanthus wood rush 
luzula 

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Rush Off, definition of term: Rush Off
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Needle Rush, definition of term: Needle Rush
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Gold Rush, definition of term: Gold Rush
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