Rhizophoraceae
plural noun
Rhi·zopho·ra·ce·ae
rīˌzäfəˈrāsēˌē,
ˌrīzəf-
: a family of trees and shrubs (order Myrtales) that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts and that have opposite coriaceous leaves, flowers with valvate calyx and 2- to 6-celled ovary, and seeds that germinate while the fruit is still attached compare mangrove
rhizophoraceous adjective
⸗¦⸗⸗¦rāshəs
¦⸗⸗⸗-
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Rhizophora, type genus + -aceae
- stem blight
- stem body
- stem borer
- stem break
- stem canker
- stem cell
- stem christiania
- stem christie
- stem climber
- stem correction
- stem cutting
- stem eelworm
- stem from
- stem ginger
- stem girdler
- stem leaf
- stem length
- stem mother
- stem nematode
- stem rust
- stem sickness
- stem smut
- stem stitch
- stem the tide
- stem turn