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Tule tree

/ˈtuli tri/
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Definitions of Tule tree
  1. noun
    Mexico's most famous tree; a giant specimen of Montezuma cypress more than 2,000 years old with a girth of 165 feet at Santa Maria del Tule
    “some say the Tule tree is the world's largest single biomass”
    synonyms: Ahuehuete
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    type of:
    Mexican swamp cypress, Montezuma cypress, Taxodium mucronatum
    cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands
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