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white mangrove

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Noun1.white mangrove - a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacificwhite mangrove - a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
Avicennia, genus Avicennia - small genus of tropical shrubs or trees
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2.white mangrove - shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin
genus Laguncularia, Laguncularia - a genus of Laguncularia
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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There are red mangroves, lots of black mangroves, but few, if any, white mangroves.
The supposedly female trees of the white mangrove have turned out to be perfectly good hermaphrodites.
When Aubry purchased the lot, it had been cleared of foliage except for the thick grove of red and white mangroves at the back of the house on the beach.
 
 
 
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