camaloteEtymologyFrom Spanish camalote, from Classical Nahuatl camalotl.camalote means A floating island composed of Pontederia plants. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.nounA floating island composed of Pontederia plants.“About ten A.M. another camalote of very large size, apparently two acres in extent, floated into the midst of us. […] There islands are sometimes very compact, and capable of sustaining a considerable weight. There is a well-authenticated story of two tigers being drifted down upon a camalote as far as Monte Video, where the beasts created great alam.”