Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - mangrove
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(mangroves) A mangrove or mangrove tree is a tree with roots which are above the ground and that grows along coasts or on the banks of large rivers in hot countries. ...mangrove swamps. N-COUNT: oft N n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: probably from Portuguese mangue ~ (from Spanish mangle, probably from Taino) + English grove Date: 1613 1. any of a genus (Rhizophora, especially R. mangle of the family Rhizophoraceae) of tropical maritime trees or shrubs that send out many prop roots and form dense masses important in coastal land building and as foundations of unique ecosystems 2. any of numerous trees (as of the genera Avicennia of the vervain family or Sonneratia of the family Sonneratiaceae) with growth habits like those of the true ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, growing in shore-mud with many tangled roots above ground. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. uncert.: assim. to GROVE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- 1613, from Sp. mangle, mangue, from Carib or Arawakan. Second syllable is from influence of grove. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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