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WHITE MANGROVE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin

Synonyms:

Laguncularia racemosa; white mangrove

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white 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 ("white mangrove" is a member of...):

genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific

Synonyms:

Avicennia officinalis; white mangrove

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white 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 ("white mangrove" is a member of...):

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

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