genus Avicennia

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genus Avicennia - small genus of tropical shrubs or trees Avicennia asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Verbenaceae, verbena family, Verbenaceae, vervain family - family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees 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