English
Etymology
Latin palustris, from palus �swamp�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /p�'lu:stɹ�l/
Adjective
en-adj
- 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!
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