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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)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Aegiceras corniculatum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
Lumnitzera spp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Avicennia marina
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Broader terms: blackwood, blackwood tree
noun
an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Aegiceras majus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
History
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Across languages
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