mangrove family

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mangrove family
    n 1: trees and shrubs that usually form dense jungles along
         tropical seacoasts [syn: {Rhizophoraceae}, {family
         Rhizophoraceae}, {mangrove family}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mangrove family \mangrove family\ n.
   A natural family ({Rhizophoraceae}) of trees and shrubs that
   usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts. It
   includes the mangrove {Rhizophora Mangle}.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]