mangrove family


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Noun1.mangrove family - trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoastsmangrove family - trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
family Rhizophoraceae, Rhizophoraceae
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae
genus Rhizophora, Rhizophora - type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs
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