noun
trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
• Syn: ↑family Rhizophoraceae, ↑mangrove family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Myrtales, ↑order Myrtales, ↑Thymelaeales, ↑order Thymelaeales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Rhizophora, ↑genus Rhizophora
Useful english dictionary. 2012.