mangrove

CEFRB2

/ˈmæŋɡɹəʊ̯v/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A tropical tree that grows in wet, muddy coastal areas.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A forest of such shrubs or trees.

Examples

  • Mangrove forests stabilize the coastline, reducing erosion from storm surges, currents, waves, and tides.

  • Miami Beach used to be a mangrove island.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmæŋɡɹoʊ̯v/
  • /ˈmaŋɡɹəwv/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.

  2. Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle).

  3. Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).

More examples

In context

  • There are about 80 different species of mangrove trees.

  • We called […] in and out of rivers, streams of death in life, whose banks were rotting into mud, whose waters, thickened into slime, invaded the contorted mangroves, that seemed to writhe at us in the extremity of an impotent despair.

  • The team that found the species living in a mangrove forest also included Thai wildlife YouTuber JoCho Sippawat, who is also an author on the paper published last week.

Synonyms

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The dense blank forest along the shore protected the coast from wave erosion.

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Origin

noun

A modification of earlier mangrowe (obsolete) by the influence of grove (“small forest”) through folk etymology. Mangrowe is probably borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue (whence English mangle) (probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language) + an unknown word ending.