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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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