mangrove

  1. Noun.  Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water.
  2. Noun.  A habitat with such plants; mangrove forest; mangrove swamp.
  3. Noun.  Plants of the ''Rhizophoraceae'' family. Trees of the genus ''Rhizophora.''.

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