tule
Americannoun
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tules
plural
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tule
1830–40, < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl tōlin
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The iconic tule elk, some of which were fenced in on the northern part of the peninsula to keep them from competing for grassland with cows, were dying off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Then, for years, tule fog seemed to form less often.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
This tule fog upended that trend, thanks to the exceptional fall weather conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026
On Thanksgiving Day, parts of Kern County also experienced tule fog.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
We with the other launch, took a south and southeasterly direction, ascending the San Joaquin River, with the intention of scouting the villages of the tule swamps.
From Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820 Anthropological Records 16(6):239-292, 1958 by Sherburne Friend Cook
Two young tribal members carried bunches of tules and waded into the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
And when she comes back, she hopes to see the tules growing, spreading and reclaiming the shore.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
He said he has noticed new patches of tules growing by the estuary, indicating the water releases have reduced the salinity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
“We have one area in the entire state of California that we know we can still be farming 150 years from now,” he says, “and they want to plant tules there.”
From Scientific American ● Jun. 7, 2022
The tules and grasses grew back, and willows straightened up with the flood debris in their upper branches.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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