 |
"Swamp plant" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in this region certain places where the elephants are said to go to die. A locality in one district pointed out to me as such a place, was a great swamp in the forest. A swamp that evidently was deep in the middle, for from out its dark waters no swamp plant, or tree grew, and evidently its shores sloped suddenly, for the band of swamp plants round its edge was narrow. It is just possible that during the rainy season when most of the surrounding country would be under water, elephants might stray into this natural ...
— Travels in West Africa • Mary H. Kingsley |
Words linked to "Swamp plant" : skirret, Symplocarpus foetidus, iva, Saururus cernuus, parnassia, foetid pothos, calamus, snakehead, Sium suave, Ranunculus flammula, greater spearwort, brooklime, cattail, meadow bright, polecat weed, hydrophytic plant, Veronica beccabunga, snake-head, sweet flag, flagroot, myrtle flag, greater water parsnip, cowslip, shell-flower, grass-of-Parnassus, Calla palustris, skunk cabbage, swamp lily, Sium latifolium, marsh plant, Chelone glabra, Alisma plantago-aquatica, American brooklime, marsh marigold, water plant, water plantain, arrow grass, hydrophyte, rush, Veronica americana, May blob, sabbatia, water dragon, sedge, Lysichiton americanum, marsh elder, European brooklime, Acorus calamus, Caltha palustris, shellflower, water arum, lizard's-tail, sweet calamus, Ranunculus lingua, kingcup, aquatic plant, Triglochin maritima, turtlehead, water parsnip, Sium sisarum, lesser spearwort, yellow-eyed grass, wild calla, bog plant |
Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com
|
