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English[edit]
A red mangrove growing in shallow water (Rhizophora mangle)
Etymology[edit]
Circa 1610, corruption of earlier mangrow by folk etymology influence of grove, from Portuguese mangue, from Spanish mangle (or directly from Spanish), from a Caribbean language, possibly Taino, another Arawakan language, or a Cariban language.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæŋɡɹəʊv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæŋɡɹoʊv/
- Hyphenation: man‧grove
Noun[edit]
mangrove (plural mangroves)
- Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water.
- A habitat with such plants; mangrove forest; mangrove swamp.
- Plants of the Rhizophoraceae family.
- Trees of the genus Rhizophora.
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from mangrove
- American mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
- apple mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum (General Australian))
- Asiatic mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
- black mangrove (Avicennia germinans; Aegiceras corniculatum, Bruguiera gymnorhiza) (General Australian))
- blind-your-eye mangrove (Excoecaria agallocha (General Australian))
- Burmese mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza)
- button mangrove (Conocarpus erectus)
- cannonball mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum (General Australian))
- cedar mangrove (Xylocarpus granatum)
- club mangrove (Aegialitis annulata)
- flat-leaved spurred mangrove (Ceriops decandra (General Australian))
- freshwater mangrove (Barringtonia, Carallia brachiata (General Australian))
- gray mangrove/grey mangrove (Avicennia marina)
- holly-leaf mangrove (Acanthus ilicifolius)
- holly mangrove (Acanthus ilicifolius)
- looking-glass mangrove (Heritiera littoralis)
- loop-root mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
- mangrove-holly (Acanthus ilicifolius)
- mangroveberry (Psidium longipes)
- mangrovevine (Rhabdadenia biflora)
- milky mangrove (Excoecaria agallocha)
- Oriental mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Bruguiera sexangula)
- red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophora stylosa; Rhizophora mucronata, Heritiera littoralis (General Australian))
- river mangrove (Aegiceras corniculatum)
- slender-fruit orange mangrove (Bruguiera parviflora)
- small stilted mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa)
- spurred mangrove (Ceriops tagal (General Australian))
- stilt-root mangrove (Rhizophora stylosa (General Australian))
- tulip mangrove (Heritiera littoralis)
- white-flowered black mangrove (Lumnitzera racemosa)
- white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa, Avicennia marina)
- yamstick mangrove (Scyphiphora hydrophylacea)
Translations[edit]
tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water
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habitat
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plant of the Rhizophoraceae family
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tree of the genus Rhizophora
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “mangrove” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
- ^ “mangrove” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.
- ^ “mangrove” in Stuart Berg Flexner, editor in chief, Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2nd rev. and updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 1993, →ISBN; reproduced on Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mangrove
- mangrove (tropical tree or shrub of any taxon that grows on waterlogged brackish soils)
Declension[edit]
- Also mangroveiden is often used for genitive plural.
| Inflection of mangrove (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mangrove | mangrovet | |
| genitive | mangroven | mangrovejen | |
| partitive | mangrovea | mangroveja | |
| illative | mangroveen | mangroveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mangrove | mangrovet | |
| accusative | nom. | mangrove | mangrovet |
| gen. | mangroven | ||
| genitive | mangroven | mangrovejen mangroveinrare | |
| partitive | mangrovea | mangroveja | |
| inessive | mangrovessa | mangroveissa | |
| elative | mangrovesta | mangroveista | |
| illative | mangroveen | mangroveihin | |
| adessive | mangrovella | mangroveilla | |
| ablative | mangrovelta | mangroveilta | |
| allative | mangrovelle | mangroveille | |
| essive | mangrovena | mangroveina | |
| translative | mangroveksi | mangroveiksi | |
| instructive | — | mangrovein | |
| abessive | mangrovetta | mangroveitta | |
| comitative | — | mangroveineen | |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From earlier mangrore, borrowed from English mangrove.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mangrove f (plural mangroves)
- A mangrove forest.
Further reading[edit]
- “mangrove” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
mangrove f
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