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(mang′grōv, man′-) noun
1. A tropical tree (genus Rhizophora, especially R. mangle) which throws out many aerial roots from the lower branches and stem, forming dense thickets.
2. A shrub of the vervain family, as the black mangrove (Avicennia marina). [<Sp. mangle <Taino; infl. in form by GROVE]
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