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Definition 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"
Group relationships: Mexico, United Mexican States
Generic synonyms: Mexican Swamp Cypress, Montezuma Cypress, Taxodium Mucronatum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tule Tree
Literary usage of Tule tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"In point of size the Tule tree resembles the great Banyan (Ficus Indica) in the
Botanical Garden at Calcutta, and the "Chestnut Tree of a Hundred Horses" ..."
2. The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of a Noble People by James Henry Malone (1922)
"Between the city of Oaxaca and the ruins of Mitla stands the celebrated Tule
tree, said to be the oldest and largest tree in the world. ..."
3. American Trade Index by National Association of Manufacturers (1906)
"... machine- made fruit jars and jars for packers' use; fine labels; tule tree
protectors, bottle and jar covers; corrugated paper in every shape. ..."
4. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1895)
"Small cylinders of wire netting, heavy pasteboard, or other material are.
sometimes used, and a device known as the 'tule-tree protector,' made of the dried ..."
5. Annual Report by Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners, Iowa State Commerce Commission (1902)
"... roots wrapped, each bale weighing 100 Ibs. or over i 45 Tule tree Covers (for
wrapping fruit and shade trees), flat, in barrel!, 46 Willow Cuttings, ..."