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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A natural family (
Rhizophoraceae ) of trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It includes the mangroveRhizophora Mangle .
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- noun trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts
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