Definition of Avicennia officinalis

1. Noun. A small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific.

Exact synonyms: White Mangrove
Group relationships: Avicennia, Genus Avicennia
Generic synonyms: Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avicennia Officinalis

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
Avogadro's postulate
Avogadro number

Literary usage of Avicennia officinalis

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)
"avicennia officinalis) ; in the form of isolated individuals, Rhizophora mucronata still appears in South Japan (Kagoshima, 32° N.) as the most northerly ..."

2. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"Mangle bianco. Celestun, May 12, 1865 (Schott, 361}. avicennia officinalis Linn. Sp. PI., no. A. tomentosa]&cc(. Celestun, May 12, 1895 (Schott, 473). ..."

3. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"avicennia officinalis, 588. Begonia macularis, cortex, 404. Avicennia tomentosa, 588. Azalea indica, glands, 91. Azolla, 15, 17, 22, 34, 54: apex of stem, ..."

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