rhizophoraceae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Rhizophoraceae*:
NOUN	plant	Rhizophoraceae, family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family	trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts

English > *Rhizophoraceae*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts.
Synonyms	family Rhizophoraceae, mangrove family
Member of	Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales	Myrtaceae
Members	Rhizophora, genus Rhizophora	type genus of the Rhizophoraceae
Broader	dicot family, magnoliopsid family	family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanish	rizoforáceas

HyperDic: rhizophoraceae