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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Rhizophora Mangle (0.01044 detik)
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: Rhizophora mangle Rhizophora mangle n : a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building [syn: mangrove]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Rhizophora Mangle Mangrove \Man"grove\, n. [Malay manggi-manggi.] 1. (Bot.) The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and Rhizophora mucronata , the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting a["e]rial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant. [1913 Webster] Note: The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black and the white mangrove (Avicennia nitida and Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) The mango fish. [1913 Webster] mangrove family \mangrove family\ n. A natural family (Rhizophoraceae) of trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It includes the mangrove Rhizophora Mangle. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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