Definition of Mangroves

1. Noun. (plural of mangrove) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mangroves

1. mangrove [n] - See also: mangrove

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mangroves

mangonel
mangonels
mangonism
mangonist
mangonists
mangos
mangostan
mangostans
mangosteen
mangosteen tree
mangosteens
mangrove
mangrove family
mangrove fly
mangrove snapper
mangroves (current term)
mangs
mangu
mangue
mangy
manhaden
manhadens
manhair
manhairs
manhandle
manhandled
manhandles
manhandling
manhattans

Literary usage of Mangroves

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oil Spill Dispersants: Efficacy And Effects by National Research Council (U. S.) (2005)
"mangroves Few reports have been published that address the use of dispersants in treating oil spills close to mangroves. Early work by Getter and Ballou ..."

2. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium by United States National Herbarium, United States National Museum (1905)
"of the forest, the mangroves of the brackish estuaries, ... The chief interest in the mangroves (Rhizophora and Bruguiera) lies in the fact that their fruit ..."

3. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"CHAPTER VI THE TAHITIAN STRAND-FLORA (From materials supplied mainly by the work of Drake del Castillo) Lacks the mangroves and their associated plants. ..."

4. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"This is the case in mangroves, especially species of the genus Rhizophora, Bruguiera, and Ceriops. ..."

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