genus avicennia

Noun
  1. Small genus of tropical shrubs or trees (synset 112935990)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym:
    • avicennia marina, black mangrove - a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground
    • avicennia officinalis, white mangrove - a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
    belongs to: family verbenaceae, verbena family, verbenaceae, vervain family - family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees
    same as: avicennia

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