WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
black mangrove n 1: an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida [syn: black mangrove, Aegiceras majus] 2: 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]