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mangrove
(encz) | mangrove,mangle Zdeněk Brož |
mangrove
(encz) | mangrove,mangróvie n: Zdeněk Brož |
Mangrove
(gcide) | Mangrove \Man"grove\, n. [Malay manggi-manggi.]
1. (Bot.) The name of one or two trees of the genus
Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and {Rhizophora
mucronata}, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy
shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting
aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and
eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a
strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white
pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is
astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black
and the white mangrove (Avicennia nitida and
Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The mango fish.
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mangrove
(wn) | mangrove
n 1: a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates
while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that
eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in
land building [syn: mangrove, Rhizophora mangle] |
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mangrove family
(encz) | mangrove family, n: |
mangrove snapper
(encz) | mangrove snapper, n: |
white mangrove
(encz) | white mangrove, n: |
Mangrove
(gcide) | Mangrove \Man"grove\, n. [Malay manggi-manggi.]
1. (Bot.) The name of one or two trees of the genus
Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and {Rhizophora
mucronata}, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy
shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting
aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and
eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a
strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white
pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is
astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black
and the white mangrove (Avicennia nitida and
Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The mango fish.
[1913 Webster] |
mangrove family
(gcide) | mangrove family \mangrove family\ n.
A natural family (Rhizophoraceae) of trees and shrubs that
usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It
includes the mangrove Rhizophora Mangle.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
mangrove snapper
(gcide) | mangrove snapper \mangrove snapper\ n.
A fish (Lutjanus griseus) found in shallow waters off the
coast of Florida; called also gray snapper.
[WordNet 1.5] |
black mangrove
(wn) | black mangrove
n 1: an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the
West Indies and Florida [syn: black mangrove, {Aegiceras
majus}]
2: 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 [syn: black mangrove, {Avicennia
marina}] |
button mangrove
(wn) | button mangrove
n 1: evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and
yielding heavy hard compact wood [syn: button tree,
button mangrove, Conocarpus erectus] |
mangrove family
(wn) | mangrove family
n 1: trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along
tropical seacoasts [syn: Rhizophoraceae, {family
Rhizophoraceae}, mangrove family] |
mangrove snapper
(wn) | mangrove snapper
n 1: found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida [syn:
grey snapper, gray snapper, mangrove snapper,
Lutjanus griseus] |
white mangrove
(wn) | white mangrove
n 1: a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water
especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
[syn: white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis]
2: 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 [syn: {white
mangrove}, Laguncularia racemosa] |
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