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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of tropical East Indian trees belonging to the order Rhizophoraceæ, or mangrove family, differing botanically from Rhizophora, the mangrove, in its 5- to 6-parted calyx, lacerated petals, and 1-celled, 6-ovuled ovary.

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