Meanings
nountule (plural tules)
plural tules
- USAny of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
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.
1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40 - A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
common tulehardstem tuletule rushhardstem bulrushviscid bulrush
Origin
- Classical Nahuatltōllin“bulrush, sedge”
- Spanishtule
- Englishtule
From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”).
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Rhymes with tule
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Cite this entry
APA
tule. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tule
MLA
“tule.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tule. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tule,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tule.
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