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cuora

floating peat mat

noun KWOH-rah Less Common

Also means

marsh vegetation layer

Usage Note

Cuora is a rare, literary and regional feminine noun (la cuora) for the soft, grassy layer that floats like a meadow on the surface of lakes and marshes, or the cracked dried bed of a drained marsh. It is a specialist term in geography and rural dialects of the Po Valley, not an everyday word. Do not confuse it with the plural of cuoio (leather), which is i cuoi (or idiomatic le cuoia).

Examples

"La cuora galleggia sulla superficie del lago."

Natural Translation

The floating mat drifts on the surface of the lake.

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