palustral

Definition

Pertaining to or located in marshes; marshy.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "The insects are scant, skinny. / In these palustral homes we only / Croak and wither."
• "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."
• "Telebasis salva is found in shallow waters containing palustral vegetation."