Definition of Avicennia

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical shrubs or trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Avicennia

Avernus
Averrhoa
Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa carambola
Averroes
Averroism
Averroisms
Averroist
Averroists
Avery
Avesta
Avestan
Aveyron
Avi
Avicenna
Avicennia
Avicennia marina
Avicennia officinalis
Avicenniaceae
Avignon
Avignon berries
Avignon berry
Avinash
Avinesh
Avogadrian
Avogadro
Avogadro's constant
Avogadro's hypothesis
Avogadro's law
Avogadro's number

Literary usage of Avicennia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Vivipary and germination in Rhizophoraceae, Aegiceras, and avicennia. Habit of mangrove-plants. Stilt-roots. Pneumatophores. ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"At some places, however, avicennia grows out in fairly deep water and produces its large area of ..."

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