"tule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtuːli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tule.wav [Southern-England] Forms: tules [plural]
Rhymes: -uːli Etymology: From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|tule}} Spanish tule, {{uder|en|nci|tōllin||bulrush, sedge}} Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tule (plural tules)
  1. (US) Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus Tags: US Categories (lifeform): Sedges, Water plants
    Sense id: en-tule-en-noun-O8iRBJUO Disambiguation of Sedges: 59 41 Disambiguation of Water plants: 46 54 Categories (other): American English, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 59 41
  2. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin Categories (lifeform): Salmonids, Water plants
    Sense id: en-tule-en-noun-GOHJbTce Disambiguation of Salmonids: 42 58 Disambiguation of Water plants: 46 54 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: common tule, hardstem tule, tule rush, hardstem bulrush, viscid bulrush Derived forms: tule elk (taxonomic: Cervus canadensis nannodes), tule fog, tule shrew, in the tules

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tule meaning in English (3.9kB)

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