Definition of tule
: either of two large New World bulrushes (Scirpus californicus and S. acutus)
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Thick tule fog rolled into the Sacramento Valley on Tuesday morning, snarling traffic and causing buses to lag behind schedule in at least two school districts.
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Find warm water and use crankbaits or jigs on the rocks and Senkos or frogs in the tules.
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Use Senkos among the tules or rip baits along the rocks.
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On a recent trip, the Dillard cruised to Larkspur to check out a Coast Guard report from the night before of a 40-foot-long log with tules dangling off.
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The tule are a lower river hatchery run, which is close to recent five-year average, and Bonneville Pool hatchery run that looks to be the second highest return since 2004.
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Tule II will not be built until construction of Tule I is finished.
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A Chumash rock art site in Malibu suggests that tule elk—a species indigenous to California that's come back from the brink of extinction—once occupied the Santa Monica Mountains and the Los Angeles Basin.
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Origin and Etymology of tule
Spanish, from Nahuatl tōllin
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