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‖ rhizophora Bot.|raɪˈzɒfərə|
[mod.L. (sc. planta), f. Gr. ῥίζα root + -ϕόρος -bearing: see -a 2.]
A genus typical of the N.O. Rhizophoraceæ; a tree of this genus, a mangrove.
1832Macgillivray Trav. Humboldt xxi. 306 A forest of rhizophoræ, intermixed with euphorbiæ..and other plants. 1870Kingsley At Last xiii, The common Rhizophoras, or black mangroves. 1876R. F. Burton Gorilla L. I. 31 The rhizophora is the growth of shallow brackish water. |