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rhi·zopho·ra·ce·ae
\rīˌzäfəˈrāsēˌē, ˌrīzəf-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Rhizophora, type genus + -aceae
: a family of trees and shrubs (order Myrtales) that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts and that have opposite coriaceous leaves, flowers with valvate calyx and 2- to 6-celled ovary, and seeds that germinate while the fruit is still attached — compare mangrove
• rhi·zopho·ra·ceous \ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷-\ adjective |