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Noun: Rhizophora mangle
  1. A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
    - mangrove

Type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

Part of: genus Rhizophora, Rhizophora

Encyclopedia: Rhizophora mangle

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Rhizophoraceae
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Rhizopogonaceae
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