(n.) A large bulrush (Scirpus lacustris, and S. Tatora) growing abundantly on overflowed land in California and elsewhere.
Example Sentences:
(1) ), tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes), Roosevelt elk (C. e. roosevelti), pronghorn antelope (Antilocapra americana), California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana), Peninsular bighorn sheep (O. c. cremnobates) and desert bighorn sheep (O. c. nelsoni) and analyzed them for agar gel precipitating (AGP) antibodies to bluetongue (BT) virus (BTV).
(2) Antler anomalies were evident in tule elk (Cervus elaphus nannodes) within 1 yr of reintroduction to Point Reyes, California (USA).
(3) It should include a cycloplegic refraction to tule out excessive farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism, or unequal refraction in the two eyes.
(4) Peppermint Creek, with its sculpted canyon and its plunge downslope to the Kern river canyon, flows within three miles of the house, and the Tule river tumbles down the other side of the mountain into the San Joaquin valley.
(5) From there, it goes by the Tule and Punta Gorda rivers until it reaches the southern Caribbean by Bluefields Bay.
(6) A large herd of tule elk – a subspecies that once roamed throughout California – grazes in the northern highlands of the peninsula.
Ule
Definition:
(n.) A Mexican and Central American tree (Castilloa elastica and C. Markhamiana) related to the breadfruit tree. Its milky juice contains caoutchouc. Called also ule tree.