a tropical tree that grows in mud or at the edge of rivers and has roots that are above ground 红树林植物(生长在淤泥或河边的热带树木,有支柱根暴露在空气中) mangrove swamps 红树林沼泽地
Word Originearly 17th cent.: probably from Portuguese mangue, Spanish mangle, from Taino. The change in the ending was due to association with grove.