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BUTTON MANGROVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does button mangrove mean?
• BUTTON MANGROVE (noun)
The noun BUTTON MANGROVE has 1 sense:
1. evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
Familiarity information: BUTTON MANGROVE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
button mangrove; button tree; Conocarpus erectus
Hypernyms ("button mangrove" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
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