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Avicennia|ævɪˈsɛnɪə| Also avicennia. [Named after Avicenna, Arabian physician (980–1037): see -ia1.] A plant of the genus so named, esp. A. tomentosa, the white mangrove.
1829Loudon Encycl. Plants 522. 1871 Kingsley At Last II. xiii. 211 The statelier Avicennias, or white mangroves. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 481/2 The ‘white mangrove’, Avicennia, a verbenaceous plant. |