tule
[too-lee; Spanish too-le]
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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.
Origin of tule
1830–40, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl tōlin
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Historical Examples of tules
What's the matter with you, old man, is only fever 'n' agur ketched in them tules!
A First Family of TasajaraBret Harte
I helped to clear out them tules and dredged the channels yonder.
A First Family of TasajaraBret Harte
Year by year the tules reclaim the muddy confluence of the twin rivers.
CaliforniaMary Austin
Occasionally the hedge of the tules broke to a greater or lesser opening into a lagoon.
GoldStewart White
In the briefest fraction of a second the ducks appeared above the tules.
The KillerStewart Edward White