Dictionary

palustral en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pəˈlʌstɹəl/
• audio Midland US

Etymology

From Latin palustris, from palūs (“swamp”), -al.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to or located in marshes; marshy.
   • Its archaic handsomeness, nemoral and chthonic, is the palustral involution of the vagina folded out and distended, cave become tower, as elegant a morphology as the spreading of the conifer leaf into oak and elm. 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
   • The insects are scant, skinny. / In these palustral homes we only / Croak and wither. 1958, Sylvia Plath, Frog Autumn’:
2. (of a plant) That requires a marshy habitat.
   • Telebasis salva is found in shallow waters containing palustral vegetation. 1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, Aquatic Insects of California, page 145:

Forms

Synonyms

boggy · swampy · paludal · palustrine

Translations (3)

es palustre (Pertaining to or living in marshes; marshy) · pt palustre (Pertaining to or living in marshes; marshy) · ru болотный (Pertaining to or living in marshes; marshy)