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单词 tule
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tule

noun

tu·​le ˈtü-lē How to pronounce tule (audio)
plural tules
1
: any of various large bulrushes
especially : a tall sedge (Schoenoplectus acutus synonym Scirpus acutus) of North America that grows in dense stands along freshwater wetlands
The roots and seeds of tule, a reed that grows along shorelines and in the shallows, were eaten and the reeds themselves were used to make baskets, cord, sandals and clothing. Philip Kopper et al.
2
chiefly California : land on which tules are the dominant or characteristic native plant
usually plural
This habitat is fed and flooded by Butte Creek and is defined by a matrix of marsh, tules, shallow waterways and uplands with oaks and willows. Tom Stienstra

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The tule must be harvested from freshwater marshes in a sustainable way. San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Kumeyaay students, professors and community members will sail 50 traditional tule boats into the ocean Saturday as part of Kumeyaay Community College’s curriculum and efforts for cultural preservation. Lauren J. Mappstaff Writer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022 Nearby, a tranquil backwater cove lined with tule and other water plants is so quiet that the sound of a paddle from a blue fiberglass boat slapping the water is clearly heard. AZCentral.com, 8 Aug. 2022 Jones tottered through the wetlands in hip waders, holding high a cuboid plastic container tall enough to enclose the towering tule plants. Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Dec. 2021 Sometime around dusk on Thanksgiving, Our Worlds app users can take their phones to La Jolla Shores to uncover several stories involving Kumeyaay tule boats. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2021 Jones said managers hope to reopen the areas by mid-September if the fast-moving tule chinook move out of the zones and into their natal tributaries. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2021 The creek bed is more clogged with brush, tule reeds and driftwood than ever. James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2021 Dome-like structures reminiscent of Chumash tule dwellings will house a welcome center and a classroom. Alex Schechter, New York Times, 14 May 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from Nahuatl tōllin

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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