tule

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Any of several bulrushes that grow in marshy lowlands of the southwest United States.

noun

Marshy or swampy land.

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More broadly, other marsh plants, such as cattail.

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A bulrush or clubrush of either of two species which in California and adjacent regions occupy large areas of overflowed bottom-land and marsh.

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A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and Scirpus Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.

noun

Schoenoplectus acutus, a giant freshwater sedge of western North America

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A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin