AVICENNIA MARINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Avicennia marina mean? 

• AVICENNIA MARINA (noun)
  The noun AVICENNIA MARINA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: AVICENNIA MARINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVICENNIA MARINA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Avicennia marina; black mangrove

Hypernyms ("Avicennia marina" is a kind of...):

blackwood; blackwood tree (any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood)

Holonyms ("Avicennia marina" is a member of...):

Avicennia; genus Avicennia (small genus of tropical shrubs or trees)