tule
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A wet marsh area covered with thick tall grass
- noun
- /tuːli/
- US
:
pantano de tule
- Birdwatchers flock to the tule marshes, where they can observe numerous migratory species.
Examples
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Tules along the river were full of 'em.
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The tules stretched across the wetland, providing a habitat for various wildlife.
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During the hike, we walked through the dense tules that lined the edge of the swamp.
Synonyms
swamp
vstule
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A low wet area with trees and plants that is often flooded
is a narrower marsh dominated by tall sedge plants in western North America
Compounds
A town near Oaxaca in southern Mexico known for a very large, very old tree
How Wet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tule comes from the Nahuatl word tólin, meaning 'reeds', and people also used the same word for the marsh where those reeds grow, so tule can mean a swamp or marsh full of those plants.