·noun A kind of large rush, growing in wet land or in water.
1) In Isa. 58:5 the rendering of a word which denotes "belonging to a marsh," from the nature of the...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
n. See wonga and raupo. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
(or papyrus), a red growing in the shallow water on the banks of the Nile. It grows to the height of...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary