mangrove family

2 definitions found

mangrove family - 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]

mangrove family - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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