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paludal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæljədəl/
  • /pəˈluːdəl/

Etymology

From Latin palus (“marsh”).

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).
    • […] Omega-Froid running out through the Gulf Stream into the paludal bed of the Sargasso Sea, running through the marsupials and the foraminifera, […] 1936, Henry Miller, “Jabberwhorl Cronstadt”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 146:

Forms

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most paludal Degree=Sup lexicographic
more paludal Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

paludal fever · postpaludal

Synonyms

palustral · marish · swampy

paludal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpæljədəl/
  • /pəˈluːdəl/

Etymology

From Latin palus (“marsh”).

Meanings

  1. A plant found in marshy habitats.

Forms

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paludals Number=Plur lexicographic