Palustral

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective

English

Etymology

Latin palustris, from palus ‘swamp’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /pə'lu:stɹəl/

Adjective

Positive palustral

Comparative more palustral

Superlative most palustral

1. pertaining to marshes

   • 1958: The insects are scant, skinny. / In these palustral homes we only / Croak and wither. — Sylvia Plath, ‘Frog Autumn’
   • 1974: 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. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!