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BLACK MANGROVE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Avicennia marina; black mangrove

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("black mangrove" is a kind of...):

blackwood; blackwood tree (any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood)

Holonyms ("black mangrove" is a member of...):

Avicennia; genus Avicennia (small genus of tropical shrubs or trees)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida

Synonyms:

Aegiceras majus; black mangrove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("black mangrove" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("black mangrove" is a member of...):

Aegiceras; genus Aegiceras (a genus of herbs of the family Verbenaceae)

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