MANGROVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does mangrove mean? • MANGROVE (noun)
The noun MANGROVE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: MANGROVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MANGROVE (noun)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mangrove; Rhizophora mangle
Hypernyms ("mangrove" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Holonyms ("mangrove" is a member of...):
genus Rhizophora; Rhizophora (type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs)
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