What does "tule" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "tule"?

Common synonyms include: club rush, common tule, hardstem bulrush, hardstem tule, rock elm, tule rush.

Tule

//ˈtuːli// noun

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Noun

1
Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus US
"This consisted of a two-room house built of chittim poles, with no floor, a thatched roof of tules, and a windbreak of buffalo and cowhides to the north of it."
2
A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin

Synonyms

All synonyms

club rush common tule hardstem bulrush hardstem tule rock elm tule rush

Example

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"This consisted of a two-room house built of chittim poles, with no floor, a thatched roof of tules, and a windbreak of buffalo and cowhides to the north of it."

Etymology

From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”).

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