| 单词 | red mangrove | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasred mangrove   red mangrove  n. 		 (a) any of several mangroves of the family  Rhizophoraceae with reddish wood, esp.  Rhizophora mangle and (Australian)  Bruguiera rheedii; (also) the wood of such a tree;		 (b) Australian a coastal tree,  Heritiera littoralis (family  Sterculiaceae) (rare). ΚΠ 1697    W. Dampier New Voy. around World vi. 151  				Low swampy Land, overgrown with Red Mangroves. 1792    Act 32 Geo. III c. 49 §2  				Red Mangrove Bark is subject to a Duty. 1841    Penny Cycl. XIX. 476/1  				R[hizophora] Candel, Red Mangrove, or Paletuvier.—The branches of this species, though they bend downwards, do not take root. The wood is..of a deep red. 1898    E. E. Morris Austral. Eng. 282/2  				Bruguiera rheedii..is called in Australia Red Mangrove, and the same vernacular name is applied to Heritiera littoralis,..the Looking-glass Tree of English gardeners. 1958    Austral. Encycl. XIII. 288/1  				Heritiera littoralis occurs widely as a sea-coast tree through the Old World... In Queensland it is known as red mangrove. 2005    Church Times 11 Mar. 9/2  				A layer of red mangroves, with flexible branches and tangled roots, absorbs the first shock waves. < as lemmas  | 
	
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