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Meanings of mangrove in anglès

portuguès
mangue-vermelho

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.

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Usage of mangrove in anglès
1
The first was a fringe of mangrove forest; the other lofty mountains.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
2
Liz could help with mangrove planting which reduces the risk of flooding.
The Guardian
3
Myanmar's delta sacrificed its coastal mangrove forests to shrimp and rice farming.
Reuters
4
Dark fell and the dug-out was made fast to a mangrove root.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
5
Across the treacherous mangrove swamps few things without wings could safely pass.
Cabbages and Kings
6
Francesca Cunninghame feeds a mangrove finch nestling in the captive rearing room.
Radio NZ
7
At sunset they entered a pass and ran between low mangrove banks.
Rainbow's End
8
There was a creek a little way off lined with mangrove bushes.
The Mate of the "Lily"; Or, Notes from Harry Musgrave's Log Book
9
The largest of the first species frequents the mangrove trees on the sea-coast.
Wanderings in South America
10
The mangrove-trees marked the entrance of the river up which we were bound.
The Two Supercargoes; Or, Adventures in Savage Africa
11
Adam suffered now and then from malarial ague, caught in the mangrove swamps.
The Buccaneer Farmer / Published in England under the Title "Ask...
12
The mangrove, alone of all trees, will sprout and grow in salt water.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
13
The pungent smell of the mangrove swamp was wafted now to his nostrils.
The Stowaway Girl
14
Here, in the dense puka and mangrove scrub, there was hope of safety.
Rodman the Boatsteerer, and Other Stories / 1898
15
The lowest pine barren is higher than the loftiest mangrove wilderness.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
16
The first sight of a real mangrove swamp is an event.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
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