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How to use mangrove in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Mangrove means any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). Example: “The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week.”

Examples of mangrove by meaning

nounAny of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial...

  • The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week.2023 September 26, Hafsa Khalil, “Electric blue tarantula species discovered in Thailand”, in CNN

More sentences with mangrove

  • Stupefying heat shimmered in the mangrove forest, the sun an unfaceable white glare somewhere overhead.2011, A. A. Jameson, Shark People, page 113. From the entry unfaceable
  • The following are some examples of the benefits obtained from mangroves.2004, National Workshop on Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Management of Mangrove Forests in India: 18th-22nd February, 2004…. From the entry mosquitocide
  • Most of Indian Key seems to be swamp, covered with mangrove roots.1941 March 12, Charles A. Lindbergh, The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1970…. From the entry sea grape
  • There are mullet, gardies, mangrove jack and more.2021 January 4, Stephen Scourfield, “Cape crusaders on a journey of discovery”, in The West Australian. From the entry gardie
  • Vast areas of Doumen, located in western Zhuhai, are mangroves and wetlands, creating a perfect environment for the crabs.2020 November 27, Pearl Liu, “Jumbo oysters and double shell crabs: Zhuhai is a foodie’s paradise”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN…. From the entry Doumen
  • Prominent species include mangrove jack Lutjanus argentimaculatus, Papuan black bass L. goldiei, spot-tail bass L. fuscescens, and Moses snapper L. russellii.2011, Johann Bell, Johanna Johnson, Alistair James Hobday, Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change…. From the entry spottail bass
  • We used many small pieces of mangrove or kamachili bark.2001, Lawrence J. Cunningham, Janice J. Beaty, A History of Guam, page 231. From the entry kamachili
  • A saline coastal lagoon, up to 3m deep, behind a sand bar, with brackish marshes (flashes) and mangrove swamps.1986, A Directory of Neotropical Wetlands, page 544. From the entry flash
  • Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 77. From the entry tea tree
  • Lo, the crab-eating frog, which lives in mangrove swamps and marshes, and is the only known modern amphibian which can tolerate salty water.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 15. From the entry crab-eating frog
  • A member of the mahogany family, the cannonball mangrove is today found in the tropical, coastal regions of Africa, Asia and Australasia, extending far into the Pacific.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 99. From the entry cannonball mangrove
  • Thought to be an important component of healthy mangrove ecosystems, both spawn and mucus likely contributed to our success in preferentially amplifying Cassiopea eDNA (representing 82% of all matched reads).2021 April 13, Ames, Cheryl Lewis, Aki H. Ohdera, Sophie M. Colston, Allen G. Collins, William K. Fitt, André C. Morandini, Jeffrey S.…. From the entry cassiosome

Meaning of mangrove

  1. noun Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).
  2. noun A forest of such shrubs or trees.
  3. noun Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.

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Questions about mangrove in a sentence

How do you use mangrove in a sentence?
Mangrove is used as a noun. For example: “The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week.”
What is a short sentence with mangrove?
“There are mullet, gardies, mangrove jack and more.”
What does mangrove mean?
Mangrove means any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).

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