Search Result for "mangrove family":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts;
[syn: Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mangrove family \mangrove family\ n. A natural family (Rhizophoraceae) of trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It includes the mangrove Rhizophora Mangle. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mangrove family n 1: trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts [syn: Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family]