Definition of mangroves Mangroves
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What does mangroves mean?
Wiktionary 
- mangroves (Noun)
Plural of mangrove.
Part of speech
🔤- mangroves, noun, plural of mangrove.
WordNet
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| mangrove - 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 | ||
| Rhizophora mangle | ||
| angiospermous tree, flowering tree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- mangrove (n.)
The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (R. Mangle, and R. 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. - mangrove (n.)
The mango fish.
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mangrove
Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water; Plants of the Rhizophoraceae family and/or of the genus Rhizophora.
Part of speech
🔤- mangrove, noun, singular of mangroves.
