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Webster 1913 Edition

Mangrove

Man′grove

,
Noun.
[Malay
manggi-manggi
.]
1.
(Bot.)
The name of one or two trees of the genus
Rhizophora
(
Rhizophora Mangle
, and
Rhizophora mucronata
, the last doubtfully distinct) inhabiting muddy shores of tropical regions, where they spread by emitting aerial roots, which fasten in the saline mire and eventually become new stems. The seeds also send down a strong root while yet attached to the parent plant.
☞ The fruit has a ruddy brown shell, and a delicate white pulp which is sweet and eatable. The bark is astringent, and is used for tanning leather. The black and the white mangrove (
Avicennia nitida
and
Avicennia tomentosa
) have much the same habit.
2.
(Zool.)
The mango fish.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mangrove

MAN'GROVE

,
Noun.
A tree of the East and West Indies, otherwise called mangle, and of the genus Rhizophora. One species, the black mangle, grows in waters on the sides of rivers. The red mangrove does not grow in water. Its wood is of a deep red color, compact and heavy. The soft part of the bark of the white mangrove is formed into ropes.
1.
The name of a fish.

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