mangrove

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: man=grove

CIDE DICTIONARY

mangrove, n. [Malay manggi-manggi.].

•  The name of one or two trees of the genus Rhizophora (Rhizophora Mangle, and Rhizophora mucronata, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aërial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.  [1913 Webster]

  " The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black and the white mangrove (Avicennia nitida and Avicennia tomentosa) have much the same habit."  [1913 Webster]
•  The mango fish.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mangrove, n. any tropical tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, growing in shore-mud with many tangled roots above ground.

Etymology

17th c.: orig. uncert.: assim. to GROVE