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Definition of Avicennia
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical shrubs or trees.
Exact synonyms: Genus Avicennia
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Verbenaceae, Verbena Family, Verbenaceae, Vervain Family
Member holonyms: Avicennia Marina, Black Mangrove, Avicennia Officinalis, White Mangrove
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Verbenaceae, Verbena Family, Verbenaceae, Vervain Family
Member holonyms: Avicennia Marina, Black Mangrove, Avicennia Officinalis, White Mangrove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Avicennia
Literary usage of Avicennia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Vivipary and germination in Rhizophoraceae, Aegiceras, and Avicennia. Habit of
mangrove-plants. Stilt-roots. Pneumatophores. ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"At some places, however, Avicennia grows out in fairly deep water and produces
its large area of ..."
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