Located at the northern end of the Ten Thousand Islands on the gulf coast of Florida, the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America.
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Mangrove
/ˈmæŋɡɹəʊv/
Synonyms for "mangrove" (14 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Related words (7)
Noun(5 words)
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More general
10 entriesangiospermous treecoastal ecology termecology termecosystemflowering treegrammatical functionmodifier typeplantvegetationwetland
More specific
9 entriesAvicennia germinansRhizophora mangleattributive adjectiveblack mangrovecompound modifiermangrove marshmangrove swampred mangrovewhite mangrove
Collocations
10 entriesmangrove coastlinemangrove ecosystemmangrove forestmangrove habitatmangrove rootmangrove soilsmangrove swampmangrove wetlandspneumatophoressalt-tolerant mangroves
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
8 entriesmangrove ecosystemmangrove forestmangrove habitatmangrove swampmangrove-dominatedmangrove-likemangrove-richmangrovely
Sample sentences
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There are about 80 different species of mangrove trees.
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Mangrove forests only grow at tropical and subtropical latitudes near the equator because they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.
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Many mangrove forests can be recognized by their dense tangle of prop roots that make the trees appear to be standing on stilts above the water.
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