1. a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short roots that bend up from the ground; [syn: black mangrove, Avicennia marina]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Avicennia marina
n 1: a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida
coast; occurs in dense thickets and has numerous short
roots that bend up from the ground [syn: black mangrove,
Avicennia marina]