A mangrove tree is a coastal tree that stands in salt water on stilt roots. A mangrove tree in the shallows.
It filters salt out at the roots and pushes the rest out through the leaves. A mangrove tree breaks storm waves and is the nursery for a great deal of what lives on a reef.
1nounmangrove treeA coastal tree that stands in salt water on stilt roots.
“The mangrove tree held the mud together for half a mile.”
mangrove tree is a tree.
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