scirpus tatora

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Tule \Tu"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
   A large bulrush ({Scirpus lacustris}, and {Scirpus Tatora})
   growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and
   elsewhere.
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