tule
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
Origin of tule
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How to use tule in a sentence
Some twelve or fifteen years ago there lived (or rather roamed) in Taos a certain female of very loose habits, known as La Tules.
Not one leaf moving in the tules; all mighty still; they could hear the Injun pumping up blood, glug—glug—glug!
Stepsons of Light | Eugene Manlove RhodesGomara says that the mats used in the marriage ceremonies of the Aztecs were made of tules.
The up stage was stopped at Grangers; the last mail had been abandoned in the tules, the rider swimming for his life.
Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories | Bret HarteIt was a fascinating stretch of country, partly marshy, partly dry, but all of it overgrown with tall and rustling tules.
The Killer | Stewart Edward White
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