tule

[ too-lee; Spanish too-le ]

/ ˈtu li; Spanish ˈtu lɛ /

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noun, plural tu·les

[too-leez; Spanish too-les]. /ˈtu liz; Spanish ˈtu lɛs/.

either of two large bulrushes, Scirpus lacustris or S. acutus, found in California and adjacent regions in inundated lands and marshes.

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Origin of tule

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

Some twelve or fifteen years ago there lived (or rather roamed) in Taos a certain female of very loose habits, known as La Tules.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
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 Rhodes
Gomara says that the mats used in the marriage ceremonies of the Aztecs were made of tules.
The Medicine-Men of the Apache. (1892 N 09 / 1887-1888 (pages 443-604))|John G. Bourke
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 Harte

It 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