camaloten.

/ˈkamələʊteɪ/

Forms: Also cameloté, camelota.

Etymology: American Spanish.

An aquatic plant of the genus Pontederia, native to North and South America; also, floating islands of vegetation including this plant.

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1881 E. W. White Cameos from Silver-land I. 243 When the river is high, it is no very uncommon circumstance to see the whole surface of this archipelago covered with the debris (camelotas) of these mud-formed islands, buoyed up by matted roots.

1882 E. W. White Cameos from Silver-land II. 3 Blue-flowered camalotes, consisting chiefly of Pontederia, which spread their broad leaves as sails.

1905 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Progress 63 Camelotes brought down by the flood were wreathed about them like gigantic eels. Note, The camelote is a very thick-growing water-lily, which sometimes chokes small streams.

1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago xx. 261 The fourth lakelet..was..covered with a luxuriant growth of the floating camaloté, a plant which at a distance resembles the wild musk.

1950 J. G. Kerr Naturalist in Gran Chaco i. 3 We passed on up the wide estuary with its muddy fresh water dotted with green floating islands of camelote (Pontederia).

1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vii. 146 Then, round the bend of the river, appeared the vanguard of the camelotes..islands of lilies, convolvulus, and grass.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	camalote
释义	camaloten. /ˈkamələʊteɪ/ Forms: Also cameloté, camelota. Etymology: American Spanish. An aquatic plant of the genus Pontederia, native to North and South America; also, floating islands of vegetation including this plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pickerel-weed pickerel weed1785 pickerel flower1842 camalote1881 the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > pickerel-weed > floating islands of water hyacinth1706 camalote1881 1881 E. W. White Cameos from Silver-land I. 243 When the river is high, it is no very uncommon circumstance to see the whole surface of this archipelago covered with the debris (camelotas) of these mud-formed islands, buoyed up by matted roots. 1882 E. W. White Cameos from Silver-land II. 3 Blue-flowered camalotes, consisting chiefly of Pontederia, which spread their broad leaves as sails. 1905 R. B. Cunninghame Graham Progress 63 Camelotes brought down by the flood were wreathed about them like gigantic eels. Note, The camelote is a very thick-growing water-lily, which sometimes chokes small streams. 1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago xx. 261 The fourth lakelet..was..covered with a luxuriant growth of the floating camaloté, a plant which at a distance resembles the wild musk. 1950 J. G. Kerr Naturalist in Gran Chaco i. 3 We passed on up the wide estuary with its muddy fresh water dotted with green floating islands of camelote (Pontederia). 1956 G. Durrell Drunken Forest vii. 146 Then, round the bend of the river, appeared the vanguard of the camelotes..islands of lilies, convolvulus, and grass. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1881
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