| NOUN | plant | Avicennia, genus Avicennia | small genus of tropical shrubs or trees |
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| Meaning | small genus of tropical shrubs or trees. | |
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| Synonym | genus Avicennia | |
| Member of | Verbenaceae, family Verbenaceae, verbena family, vervain family | family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees |
| Members | black mangrove, Avicennia marina | A mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coast |
| white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis | A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific | |
| Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
| Spanish | avicennia, genus avicennia | |
| Catalan | avicennia, Avicennia, genus avicennia | |
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