Mangrove

Definition: Mangrove

Mangrove

Noun

1. 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.

Date "mangrove" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references)

Etymology: Mangrove \Man"grove\, noun. [Malay manggi-manggi.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Mangrove

Synonym: Rhizophora mangle (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Mangrove

English words defined with "mangrove": Aegiceras majus, Albula vulpes, Avicennia marina ♦ black mangrove, Blastocarpous, bonefish, button mangrove ♦ cutch ♦ Everglades National Park ♦ kutch ♦ mangrove family, mangrove snapper ♦ Nipa fruticans, nipa palm ♦ Tongo, Tree oyster ♦ white mangrove. (references)

Specialty definitions using "mangrove": Macaca fascicularis, mangrove coast. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Mangrove" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (mangrove swamp), German (mangrove), Hungarian (mangrove), Manx (mangrove).

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Commercial Usage: Mangrove

Domain	Title
Books	A View from the Mangrove (reference) Mangrove Chronicle (reference) Mangrove Ecology, Silviculture and Conservation (reference) Mangrove Management and Conservation: Present and Future (reference) Mangrove Squeeze (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	National Geographic's Creatures of the Mangrove (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Mangrove

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Photo Album: Mangrove

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Carl Aslakson at plane table in mangrove area Crew off of MARINDUQUE.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		C. D. Meaney at Marquesas, Florida Reef topography Working offshore in the water to cut in mangrove swamp line.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Typical red mangrove with prop roots - characteristic of high salinity area.Credit: America's Coastlines.		Mangrove root with soft coral (reddish) attached and seagrass below.Credit: America's Coastlines.
	A mangrove shoreline.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Mangrove sunset.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Measuring a Mangrove Snapper (Gray) during NMFS Marine Recreational Fishery Statistics Survey.Credit: Fisheries.		Oiled mangrove habitat near John's Pass, Pinellas County.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	An unidentified bird skull hangs in the branches of a mangrove where it reminds volunteers of the importance of the clean-up. When monofilament is left in roosting areas, birds will continue to perish.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Ascidians and sponges are filter feeders, part of the diverse community that lives on the mangrove roots.Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Mangrove

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Antigua and Barbuda	The protesters alleged that the development would destroy the mangrove swamps, which are of environmental importance to the local fishing community, and lead to beach erosion and flooding. (references)
Economic History	Solomon Islands	The coastal strips are sheltered by mangrove and coconut trees. (references)
	Eritrea	It is an integrated project designed to grow shrimp, tilapia, and salicornia (a succulent that can be irrigated with seawater), and to foster the growth of mangrove wetlands. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Mangrove

"Mangrove" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.80% of the time. "Mangrove" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	87.8%	36	57,479
Noun (proper)	9.76%	4	175,879
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.44%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	41	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Mangrove

Expressions using "mangrove": black mangrove ♦ button mangrove ♦ mangrove family ♦ mangrove snapper ♦ mangrove swamp ♦ white mangrove. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "mangrove": mangrove-bound.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Mangrove

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
mangrove	167
mangrove tree	21
mangrove swamp	15
mangrove snake	12
mangrove forest	12
mangrove monitor	10
mangrove snapper	10
mangrove red	10
mangrove picture	9
mangrove bay golf course	6
mangrove system	6
jack mangrove	6
bay mangrove	6
mangrove plant	5
crab mangrove	5
florida mangrove	5
mangrove white	4
black mangrove	4
ecosystem mangrove	4
mangrove picture tree	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Mangrove

Language		Translations for "mangrove"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rizoforë. (various references)

Arabic		‏المنغروف شجر, ‏شجر إستوائي. (various references)

Bulgarian		ризофора, мангрово дърво. (various references)

Chinese		美洲红� �, � � . (various references)

Czech		mangovník. (various references)

Danish		mangrove (mangle). (various references)

Dutch		mangrove (mangle). (various references)

Farsi		خانواده شاه پسند(گ.ش.). (various references)

Finnish		mangroveosteri (mangrove cupped oyster, Pacific cupped oyster). (various references)

French		manglier (mangle). (various references)

German		mangrovenbaum, Mangrove (mangle). (various references)

Greek		ριζοφόρος (mangle). (various references)

Hungarian		gyertyafa. (various references)

Indonesian		bakau. (various references)

Italian		mangrovia (mangle). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		マンクス猫 (apartment house, large apartment, Manchester, mandarin, mandarin collar, Mandelbrot, mandrill, mango, mangosteen, manteau, mantis, mantle, mantlepiece, man-to-man, man-to-man defense, Manx cat, mongoose, monthly, Munshingwear, one-to-one, paying off one's entire credit card balance monthly). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		マングローブ . (various references)

Manx		mangrove. (various references)

Pig Latin		angrovemay

Portuguese		mangue (mangle, mangy), manganela, mangal (mangle). (various references)

Russian		мангровое дерево. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		mangrov. (various references)

Spanish		mangle (mangle, moire calender by compression by a fabric roller). (various references)

Swedish		mangrovträd. (various references)

Turkish		mangrov. (various references)

Ukranian		мангрове дерево. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Mangrove

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Rhizophora spp.. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Mangrove

Derivations
	Words beginning with "mangrove": mangroves. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Mangrove" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Angove, Manarov, Mangione, Mangone, Maygrove, mongrove. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Mangrove

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: venogram.
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-m-n-o-r-v"
	-1 letter: marengo, overman.
	-2 letters: enamor, engram, german, govern, graven, manger, moaner, monger, morgan, morgen, onager, orange, ragmen, vagrom.
	-3 letters: agone, among, anger, argon, enorm, gamer, ganev, genoa, genom, genro, gnome, goner, grave, groan, grove, mange, mango, manor, marge, maven, morae, mover, namer, novae, omega, orang, organ, ramen, range, raven, regma, regna, reman, roman, roven, vegan, venom, vomer.
	-4 letters: aeon, aero, ager, agon, amen, arvo, aver, earn, ergo, gaen, game, gane, gave, gear, germ, gnar, goer, gone, gore, gram, gran, mage, mane, mano, mare, mean, meno, moan, mora, more, morn, move, name, nave, near, nema, noma, nome, norm, nova, ogam, ogre, omen, omer, oven, over, rage, rang, rave, ream, roam, roan, rove, vane, vang, vena, vera.
	-5 letters: age, ago, ane, are, arm, ave, avo, ear, ego, eng, eon, era, erg, ern, gae, gam, gan, gar, gem, gen, goa, gor, mae, mag, man, mar, meg, men, moa, mog, mon, mor, nae, nag, nam, nog, nom, nor, oar, one, ora, ore, ova, rag, ram, ran, reg, rem, rev, roe, rom, van, var, veg, voe.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-g-m-n-o-r-v"
	+1 letter: mangroves, venograms.
	+2 letters: overmanage.
	+3 letters: earthmoving, manoeuvring, overgarment, overmanaged, overmanages, overmanning, overwarming.
	+4 letters: earthmovings, galvanometer, governmental, overclaiming, overcramming, overgarments, overmanaging, overmatching, remotivating.
	+5 letters: galvanometers, galvanometric, overdemanding, overmastering.
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