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green rushes

green rushes noun: fresh rushes that are spread on the floor of a house to welcome an honored guest. Also the plural of green rush.

Noun

green rushes pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, historical, plural, plural-only) Fresh rushes that are spread on the floor of a house to welcome an honored guest.

Interjection

  1. (dated, obsolete) An exclamation of surprise or welcoming of a guest.

Also used as

green rushes is also the plural of green rush.

Origin of green rushes

Of the first and second senses, first appears in print c. 1546 in the writings of John Heywood. Second sense derives from the first.

Questions about green rushes

What does green rushes mean?
Green rushes means fresh rushes that are spread on the floor of a house to welcome an honored guest.
What part of speech is green rushes?
Green rushes can be a noun or an interjection.

Words near green rushes in the dictionary

  1. green rose
  2. green roses
  3. green rot
  4. green rouge
  5. green rush
  6. green rushes
  7. green salad
  8. green salads
  9. green salt
  10. green salt of Magnus
  11. green sand

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