Tule

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several bulrushes of the genus Scirpus, growing in marshy lowlands of the southwest United States.
  • n. Northern California Marshy or swampy land. Also called regionally tule land.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Schoenoplectus acutus, a giant freshwater sedge of western North America
  • n. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and Scirpus Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. More broadly, other marsh plants, such as cattail.
  • n. A bulrush or clubrush of either of two species which in California and adjacent regions occupy large areas of overflowed bottom-land and marsh.
  • Word Usage
    "One way to cork up those gases is to flood the peatland and grow a tall grass called tule."
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