"tule" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtuːli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tule.wav 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
    Sense id: en-tule-en-noun-O8iRBJUO Disambiguation of Sedges: 52 48 Categories (other): American English, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 56 44
  2. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin Categories (lifeform): Salmonids, Sedges, Water plants
    Sense id: en-tule-en-noun-GOHJbTce Disambiguation of Salmonids: 38 62 Disambiguation of Sedges: 52 48 Disambiguation of Water plants: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 19 31 1 4 10 10 10 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 35 1 3 11 10 10 3 9
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

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Download raw JSONL data for tule meaning in English (2.6kB)

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