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camalote

noun

Etymology

From Spanish camalote, from Classical Nahuatl camalotl.

  1. derived from camalotl
  2. borrowed from camalote

Definitions

  1. A floating island composed of Pontederia plants.

    • A camalote is a floating island of river plants often with enough root structure to support one or more men. Later in the war, the Paraguayans camou- flaged canoes as camalotes so as to approach the Brazilian fleet undetected.
    • […] a camalote, a floating island composed of pleustonic vegetation. Sampling was from a boat. At each sample site, five plants at the periphery of the stand were vigorously shaken in a 200 μm mesh-width handnet partially immersed in[…]

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