tule

[ too-lee; Spanish too-le ]

noun,plural tu·les [too-leez; Spanish too-les]. /ˈtu liz; Spanish ˈtu lɛs/.
  1. either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.

Origin of tule

1
1830–40, Americanism;<Mexican Spanish <Nahuatl tōlin

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