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单词 tule
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Definition of tule in English:

tule

noun ˈtuːliˈto͞olē
  • A clubrush that is abundant in marshy areas of California.

    〈美〉锐藨草;三棱藨草

    Scirpus acutus and S. validus, family Cyperaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule (too-lee).
    • In my youth, this was a murky place filled with stands of tule reeds, bubbling pools of stagnant water and little streams that ran between islands of bushes and reeds.
    • The tule reeds might be ripped out, damaging the slough's filtration system.
    • Digging deeper, he would have found long-dormant seeds of marsh sedges and the sleeping rhizomes of tules and cattails.
    • By late summer, it has dried almost entirely - nothing but weary, bent tules and polygonal cracks in sunbaked mud.

Origin

Mid 19th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl tullin.

Definition of tule in US English:

tule

nounˈto͞olē
  • A large bulrush that is abundant in marshy areas of California.

    〈美〉锐藨草;三棱藨草

    Genus Scirpus, family Cyperaceae: two species, S. acutus and S. validus

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Egrets, terns, mallards, pelicans, eagles, tundra swans, and herons browsed amid thickets of 10-foot-tall bulrushes known as tule (too-lee).
    • Digging deeper, he would have found long-dormant seeds of marsh sedges and the sleeping rhizomes of tules and cattails.
    • In my youth, this was a murky place filled with stands of tule reeds, bubbling pools of stagnant water and little streams that ran between islands of bushes and reeds.
    • By late summer, it has dried almost entirely - nothing but weary, bent tules and polygonal cracks in sunbaked mud.
    • The tule reeds might be ripped out, damaging the slough's filtration system.

Origin

Mid 19th century: via Spanish from Nahuatl tullin.

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