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nouna tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
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- prop root a root that grows from and supports the stem above the ground in plants such as mangroves
- albula vulpes slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoons
- everglades national park a national park in Florida containing an immense subtropical wilderness with mangrove swamps and rare birds and wild animals
- cutch tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
- avicennia marina 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
- nipa fruticans any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
- kutch tannin extract derived from any of several mangrove barks of Pacific areas
- black mangrove 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
- nipa palm any creeping semiaquatic feather palm of the genus Nipa found in mangrove swamps and tidal estuaries; its sap is used for a liquor; leaves are used for thatch; fruit has edible seeds
- aegiceras majus an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida