TULE

Etymology

Noun

tule (plural tules)

(US) Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus

A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin

Synonyms

• (sedge): common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, viscid bulrush

Anagrams

• Lute, Tuel, lute, tuel

Source: Wiktionary


Tu"le, n. Etym: [Mex.] (Bot.)

Definition: A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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