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Noun: white mangrove
  1. A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
    - Avicennia officinalis
     
  2. Shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin
    - Laguncularia racemosa

Derived forms: white mangroves

Type of: tree

Part of: Avicennia, genus Avicennia, genus Laguncularia, Laguncularia

Encyclopedia: White mangrove