1. a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific; [syn: white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Avicennia officinalis
n 1: a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water
especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
[syn: white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis]