tule
noun
either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.
tules
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pluralof tule.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“This looks like the Mojave Desert, and it used to be tules and elk,” Ennis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2025
In a ring of impenetrable reeds, called tules, was Tulare Lake — then the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
As a girl, McDowell enjoyed spending summer days at the river, where she waded, played among the tules and admired the tadpoles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
“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
It was not a wild slough, although tules, cattails and foxtails still grew, also dill, and yellow chamomile, fat and fuzzy as bees.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
