white mangrove
n 1: a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water
especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific
[syn: {white mangrove}, {Avicennia officinalis}]
2: shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water
along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America;
locally important as a source of tannin [syn: {white
mangrove}, {Laguncularia racemosa}]