| 单词 | black mangrove |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack mangrove black mangrove n. a kind of mangrove, Avicennia germinans (or A. nitida), of tropical America and Africa which has rough dark-coloured bark and pneumatophores rather than prop roots (also called olive mangrove); (formerly also) the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle (rare). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mangroves > Avicennia mangroves white mangrove1683 black mangrove1697 courida1825 Avicennia1836 manawa1838 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 54 The black Mangrove is the largest Tree. 1762 Amer. Gazetteer I. at Roca Islands The east end of the island is overgrown with black mangrove trees. 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 211 The common Rhizophoras, or black mangroves. 1880 Bot. Gaz. 5 58 I have never seen the black Mangrove (Avicennia tomentosa) grow to a greater size and height than along Jupiter Narrows. 1907 J. E. Rogers Tree Bk. liii. 402 The Black Mangrove (Avicennia nitida, Jacq.) is an ever-blooming tree, with inconspicuous white flowers. 2010 D. Wells Lives Trees 206 Black mangroves grow in shallower waters farther inland than red mangroves. The bark of a mature black mangrove is black. < as lemmas |
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