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paludal

/pəˈluːdəl/

paludal adjective: pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).

Adjective

paludal (comparative more paludal, superlative most paludal)

  1. Pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).
    • […] Omega-Froid running out through the Gulf Stream into the paludal bed of the Sargasso Sea, running through the marsupials and the foraminifera, […]1936, Henry Miller, “Jabberwhorl Cronstadt”, in Black Spring, Paris: The Obelisk Press […], →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, 1963, →ISBN, page 146
    Synonyms:
    marish, palustral, swampy

Noun

paludal (plural paludals)

  1. A plant found in marshy habitats.

Synonyms of paludal

Forms of paludal

Adjective
comparativemore paludal
superlativemost paludal
Noun
pluralpaludals

Origin of paludal

From Latin palus (“marsh”).

Words formed from paludal

Phrases with paludal

Questions about paludal

What does paludal mean?
Paludal means pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).
What part of speech is paludal?
Paludal can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce paludal?
Paludal is pronounced /pəˈluːdəl/.

Words near paludal in the dictionary

  1. paltry
  2. paltusotine
  3. Palu
  4. palua ladu
  5. Paluch
  6. paludal
  7. paludal fever
  8. paludal fevers
  9. paludals
  10. paludament
  11. paludamenta

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