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black mangrove

black mangrove noun: a tree or woody shrub common in swampy salt-water areas along the Atlantic tropical coasts of Africa and South America, extending north into the Pacific tropics, and into the Gulf Coast and South Florida in North America (Avicennia germinans).

Noun

black mangrove (plural black mangroves)

  1. A tree or woody shrub common in swampy salt-water areas along the Atlantic tropical coasts of Africa and South America, extending north into the Pacific tropics, and into the Gulf Coast and South Florida in North America (Avicennia germinans)
  2. (Australia) Aegiceras corniculatum
  3. (Australia) Bruguiera gymnorhiza
  4. Lumnitzera spp.

Forms of black mangrove

pluralblack mangroves

Questions about black mangrove

What does black mangrove mean?
Black mangrove means a tree or woody shrub common in swampy salt-water areas along the Atlantic tropical coasts of Africa and South America, extending north into the Pacific tropics, and into the Gulf Coast and South Florida in North America (Avicennia germinans).
What part of speech is black mangrove?
Black mangrove is a noun.
What is the plural of black mangrove?
The plural of black mangrove is black mangroves.

Words near black mangrove in the dictionary

  1. black maire
  2. black mamba
  3. black mambas
  4. black man
  5. black manganese
  6. black mangrove
  7. black mangroves
  8. black maple
  9. black maples
  10. Black Maria
  11. Black Mariah

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