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Meaning of tule | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtuːli

Definitions

  1. Any of a number of large freshwater sedges of western North America formerly classified in the genus Scirpus, but now mostly as Schoenoplectus
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  2. A type of chinook salmon which spawns in the Columbia River basin

Equivalents

Kurdî tûle
Polski oczeret
Português tule

Examples

“This consisted of a two-room house built of chittim poles, with no floor, a thatched roof of tules, and a windbreak of buffalo and cowhides to the north of it.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

tule fog tule perch tule shrew Tulean Tulelake Tulendeena

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