paludal

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/pəˈluːdəl//ˈpæljədəl/

adjective

Pertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).

Similar
marishpalustralswampy
OriginLatin palus →
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Meanings

adjectivepaludal (comparative more paludal, superlative most 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

nounpaludal (plural paludals)

plural paludals

  1. A plant found in marshy habitats.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to marshes, marshy, palustral, (especially designating a plant's habitat).

Similar
marishpalustralswampy
Also see
boggyfennymarshypaludianpaludouspalustralquaggysloughy

Origin

  1. Latinpalus“marsh”
  2. Englishpaludal

From Latin palus (“marsh”).

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paludal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paludal.

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