English noun: family Rhizophoraceae | |||
1. | family Rhizophoraceae (plant) trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts | ||
Synonyms | mangrove family, Rhizophoraceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | ||
Member holonym | genus Rhizophora, Rhizophora | ||
Member meronym | Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales | ||