noun
small genus of tropical shrubs or trees
• Syn: ↑Avicennia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Verbenaceae, ↑family Verbenaceae, ↑verbena family, ↑vervain family
• Member Meronyms: ↑black mangrove, ↑Avicennia marina, ↑white mangrove, ↑Avicennia officinalis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.