palustral
adj/pəˈlʌstɹəl/
Etymology From Latin palustris, from palūs (“swamp”), -al.
1
Pertaining to or located in marshes; marshy.
- The insects are scant, skinny. / In these palustral homes we only / Croak and wither.1958, Sylvia Plath, Frog Autumn’:
- 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!:
- Telebasis salva is found in shallow waters containing palustral vegetation.1956, Robert Leslie Usinger, Aquatic Insects of California, page 145:
- Synonyms
- palustrine, boggy, paludal, swampy