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courida Bot.|kuːrɪˈdɑː|
Also courada.
[Native name.]
The common name in Guyana for the black mangrove, Avicennia marina, a small tree which grows on muddy flats along the sea-shore in the tropics; also, the timber from this.
1825C. Waterton Wand. S. Amer. i. 10 The pelicans..return at sundown to the courada trees. 1840R. H. Schomburgk Descr. Brit. Guiana 7 A fringe of low ground, which is soon covered with..Courida Bushes. 1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 984/1 Courida, transverse and vertical sections, from Plantation Woodlands, River Mahaica. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. s.v. Avicennia. 1912 Rodway Guiana 26 The coast is generally an alluvial flat..fringed with courida. 1958J. Carew Wild Coast vi. 73 He was able to run and swim, cut down courida trees. |