| 单词 | camalote |
| 释义 | ‖ camalote|ˈkæmələʊteɪ|
Also cameloté, -a.
[Amer. Sp.]
An aquatic plant of the genus Pontederia, native to North and South America; also, floating islands of vegetation including this plant.
1881E. W. White Cameos fr. 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. 1882Ibid. II. 3 Blue-flowered camalotes, consisting chiefly of Pontederia, which spread their broad leaves as sails. 1905R. B. C. 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. 1918W. 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. 1950J. 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). 1956G. Durrell Drunken Forest vii. 146 Then, round the bend of the river, appeared the vanguard of the camelotes..islands of lilies, convolvulus, and grass. |
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