mangrove

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mangrove

/ˈmæŋɡɹəʊ̯v/ UK
/ˈmaŋɡɹəwv/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈmæŋɡɹoʊ̯v/ US
/ˈmeɪ̯ŋɡɹoʊ̯v/
/ˈmæŋɡɹəʉv/ Australia
/ˈmɛŋɡɹɐʉv/ New Zealand
/ˈmaŋɡɹov/ Scotland
/ˈmaŋɡɹoːv/ Wales

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A modification of earlier mangrowe (obsolete) by the influence of grove (“small forest”) through folk etymology. Mangrowe is probably borrowed from Spanish mangle, mangue (whence English mangle) (probably from an Arawak language (such as Taíno), or a Cariban language) + an unknown word ending.

noun mangroves

Any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish intertidal coastal areas; (specifically) any of various trees of the genus Rhizophora, especially the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle). The channel by which we went to, and returned from Olinda, was bordered on each side by mangroves, which sprang like a miniature forest out of the greasy mud-banks. The bright green colour of these bushes always reminded me of the rank grass in a churchyard: both are nourished by putrid exhalations;
Similar: mangle
broadly A forest of such shrubs or trees.
Similar: mangle
broadly Preceded by a descriptive word: any of various shrubs or trees of genera other than Rhizophora which resemble plants of this genus in appearance and habitat.
Similar: mangle
also, attributive, broadly Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”). There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world's seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all th
Similar: mangal

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noun any of various tropical and subtropical evergreen shrubs or trees chiefly of the Rhizophoraceae family that have aerial roots and grow in clumps in brackish int

Español	mangle
한국어	맹그로브 maenggeurobeu
日本語	マングローブ mangurōbu, ヒルギ hirugi
中文	紅樹 /红树 hóngshù
Kiswahili	mkoko
Português	mangue
Français	manglier, palétuvier
Deutsch	Mangrovenbaum
Italiano	mangrovia
Ελληνικά	μαγκρόβιο magkróvio
Română	mangrovă
Русский	мангр mangr, ма́нгровое де́рево mángrovoje dérevo
Tiếng Việt	cây ngập mặn, thực vật ngập mặn
العربية	المنغروف
עברית	מנגרובים

noun forest of such shrubs or trees

中文	紅樹林 /红树林 hóngshùlín
Français	mangrove

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@misc{mangrove_2026,
  title = {mangrove},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mangrove},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}