mangrovo

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from English mangrove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manˈɡrovo/
• Rhymes: -ovo
• Hyphenation: man‧gro‧vo

Noun

mangrovo (accusative singular mangrovon, plural mangrovoj, accusative plural mangrovojn)

1. (ecology) mangrove (tropical tree or shrub that grows in shallow water)

   Holonym: arbaro

   • 1965, Ŝoiĉi Hori, La Volvotigo de Amikeco [The Evolution of Friendship]‎^[1], page 45, lines 27–31:

     La specoj de mangrovoj ordinare distribuiĝas nur en subtropikaj, aŭ tropikaj landoj: […].

     The types of mangroves are usually distributed only in subtropical, or tropical countries: […].

References

• “mangrovo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997

Romanian

Noun

mangrovo f

1. vocative singular of mangrovă