RHIZOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhizophora mean? 

• RHIZOPHORA (noun)
  The noun RHIZOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs

  Familiarity information: RHIZOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHIZOPHORA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Rhizophoraceae; a small genus of tropical trees and shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rhizophora; Rhizophora

Hypernyms ("Rhizophora" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Rhizophora"):

mangrove; Rhizophora mangle (a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building)

Holonyms ("Rhizophora" is a member of...):

family Rhizophoraceae; mangrove family; Rhizophoraceae (trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts)