tule

[too-lee; Spanish too-le]

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 Tasajara
Bret Harte
I helped to clear out them tules and dredged the channels yonder.
A First Family of Tasajara
Bret Harte
Year by year the tules reclaim the muddy confluence of the twin rivers.
California
Mary Austin
Occasionally the hedge of the tules broke to a greater or lesser opening into a lagoon.
Gold
Stewart White
In the briefest fraction of a second the ducks appeared above the tules.
The Killer
Stewart Edward White