LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Laguncularia racemosa mean? 

• LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA (noun)
  The noun LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA has 1 sense:

1. shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin

  Familiarity information: LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Laguncularia racemosa; white mangrove

Hypernyms ("Laguncularia racemosa" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("Laguncularia racemosa" is a member of...):

genus Laguncularia; Laguncularia (a genus of Laguncularia)