mangrove

Senso (Inglese)

1. 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).
2. (broadly) A forest of such shrubs or trees.
3. (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.
4. (also, attributive, broadly) Synonym of mangal (“a tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves (sense 1) or similar shrubs and trees”).

Concetti

mangrovia

sinonimi

Rhizophora mangle

baobab

mangrove swamp

banyan

genus Rhizophora

mangrove tree

Colorado grouper

Traduzioni

mangle

mangue

mangrove

palétuvier

Rhizophora mucronata

Mangrovenbaum

mangle

Mangrove

manglar

Ceriops tagal

Rhizophora

mangrove

Xylocarpus granatum

manglar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈmæŋɡɹəʊv/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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.