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# mangrove

noun (a mangrove, mangroves; mangrove swamp, mangrove forest)

«mangrove» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mangrove is a tree or shrub that grows in salty water along tropical coasts, with tangled roots that stand above the mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#m1)
2. A mangrove, or mangrove swamp or forest, is an area of coast covered with these trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science lessons mangroves are an important habitat: their roots shelter baby fish, crabs and birds, hold the mud together, protect coasts from storms and tsunamis, and store a lot of carbon. They grow in places like northern Australia, Florida, Indonesia and Bangladesh (the Sundarbans, home of Bengal tigers). Mangroves are being cut down for shrimp farms and building, so people work to protect and replant them. Phrases: «mangrove swamp», «mangrove forest», «mangrove roots».

### Examples

- Mangroves can grow in salty sea water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x1)
- Baby fish hide among the mangrove roots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x2)
- We walked on a boardwalk through the mangroves in Queensland. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x3)
- Mangrove forests protect the coast from big waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x4)
- Tigers live in the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x5)
- Mangroves store lots of carbon in their mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x6)
- Volunteers planted new mangroves along the shore. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/#x7)

### Note

Plural «mangroves». Usually countable: «a mangrove», «the mangroves». Mangrove roots that stick up out of the mud help the tree breathe; they are sometimes called breathing roots.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «mangrove» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mangrove/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«mangrove» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/mangrove.html) on Mova free.