'white mangrove' definitions:

noun

A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific [syn: white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis]

noun

Shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin [syn: white mangrove, Laguncularia racemosa]