Definition of "tule" [tu•le]

• Any of several bulrushes of the genus Scirpus, growing in marshy lowlands of the southwest United States. (noun)
• Northern California Marshy or swampy land. Also called regionally tule land. (noun)

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• "One way to cork up those gases is to flood the peatland and grow a tall grass called tule."
• "Here in Mexico, fruit is stored in the sturdy, all-purpose chichihuite, a basket woven of palm or tule which is used for everything from storing dried chiles to serving tortillas."
• "Stretches of "tule" land fertilized by its once regular channel and dotted by flourishing ranchos are now cleanly erased."