mangrove : Idioms & Phrases
black mangrove
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noun an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida
Aegiceras majus.
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noun a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground
Avicennia marina.
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button mangrove
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noun evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
button tree; Conocarpus erectus.
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mangrove family
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noun trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
Rhizophoraceae; family Rhizophoraceae.
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mangrove snapper
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noun found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; gray snapper.
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white mangrove
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noun a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
Avicennia officinalis.
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noun shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin
Laguncularia racemosa.