# tule

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtuːli/ · frequency rank #80,063

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

## Etymology
From Spanish tule, from Classical Nahuatl tōllin (“bulrush, sedge”).

## Source
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