noun
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
• Syn: ↑black mangrove
• Hypernyms: ↑blackwood, ↑blackwood tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Avicennia, ↑genus Avicennia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.