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Definition of tule in English: tulenoun ˈtuːliˈto͞olē A clubrush that is abundant in marshy areas of California. Scirpus acutus and S. validus, family Cyperaceae Example sentencesExamples - Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule (too-lee).
- In my youth, this was a murky place filled with stands of tule reeds, bubbling pools of stagnant water and little streams that ran between islands of bushes and reeds.
- The tule reeds might be ripped out, damaging the slough's filtration system.
- Digging deeper, he would have found long-dormant seeds of marsh sedges and the sleeping rhizomes of tules and cattails.
- By late summer, it has dried almost entirely - nothing but weary, bent tules and polygonal cracks in sunbaked mud.
Origin Mid 19th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl tullin. Definition of tule in US English: tulenounˈto͞olē A large bulrush that is abundant in marshy areas of California. Genus Scirpus, family Cyperaceae: two species, S. acutus and S. validus Example sentencesExamples - Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule (too-lee).
- Digging deeper, he would have found long-dormant seeds of marsh sedges and the sleeping rhizomes of tules and cattails.
- In my youth, this was a murky place filled with stands of tule reeds, bubbling pools of stagnant water and little streams that ran between islands of bushes and reeds.
- By late summer, it has dried almost entirely - nothing but weary, bent tules and polygonal cracks in sunbaked mud.
- The tule reeds might be ripped out, damaging the slough's filtration system.
Origin Mid 19th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl tullin. |