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mangrove family
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mangrove family has 1 sense
- mangrove family(n = noun.plant) family rhizophoraceae, rhizophoraceae - trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts; Array is a kind of dicot family, magnoliopsid family
is a member of myrtales, order myrtales, order thymelaeales, thymelaeales
CIDE DICTIONARY
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]
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