mangrove
part of speech
noun (a mangrove, mangroves; mangrove swamp, mangrove forest)
meaning for a pupil
1) A mangrove is a tree or shrub that grows in salty water along tropical coasts, with tangled roots that stand above the mud. tree →
2) A mangrove, or mangrove swamp or forest, is an area of coast covered with these trees. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and science lessons mangroves are an important habitat: their roots shelter baby fish, crabs and birds, hold the mud together, protect coasts from storms and tsunamis, and store a lot of carbon. They grow in places like northern Australia, Florida, Indonesia and Bangladesh (the Sundarbans, home of Bengal tigers). Mangroves are being cut down for shrimp farms and building, so people work to protect and replant them. Phrases: «mangrove swamp», «mangrove forest», «mangrove roots».
examples
- Mangroves can grow in salty sea water. tree →
- Baby fish hide among the mangrove roots. tree →
- We walked on a boardwalk through the mangroves in Queensland. tree →
- Mangrove forests protect the coast from big waves. tree →
- Tigers live in the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans. tree →
- Mangroves store lots of carbon in their mud. tree →
- Volunteers planted new mangroves along the shore. tree →
note
Plural «mangroves». Usually countable: «a mangrove», «the mangroves». Mangrove roots that stick up out of the mud help the tree breathe; they are sometimes called breathing roots.
In the corpora
- Tigers love water and swim well; Sundarbans tigers swim between islands in the mangroves of India and Bangladesh and can swim several kilometres.
- Mangrove roots break waves and hold the soil, and after the 2004 tsunami, places with mangroves often had less damage.
- Many young reef fish grow up safely among mangrove roots, so where mangroves are cut down, some reefs have fewer fish.
Trees and pragmatics
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