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Avicennia officinalis

Avicennia officinalis

9.9
A small to medium mangrove tree that grows in partly salty water along tropical coasts
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The extensive mangrove forests are dominated by Avicennia officinalis and support diverse wildlife.

Examples

  • Researchers studied the salt tolerance mechanisms in Avicennia officinalis along the estuarine coast.

  • Local communities rely on Avicennia officinalis for firewood and traditional medicine.

  • The Avicennia officinalis thrives in coastal brackish waters.

  • Can you identify the Avicennia officinalis among other mangroves?

  • Local communities rely on Avicennia officinalis for firewood and traditional medicine.

  • The extensive mangrove forests are dominated by Avicennia officinalis and support diverse wildlife.

  • The Avicennia officinalis thrives in coastal brackish waters.

Synonyms

black mangrove
vsAvicennia officinalis
7.9

A tropical tree with dark bark and roots that stick up from mud by the sea

focuses on a particular species found in brackish southwestern Pacific shores
Avicennia
vsAvicennia officinalis
  • Specialized
9.9

Small tropical mangrove trees that grow on coasts where the sea rises and falls

refers specifically to one species in brackish southwestern Pacific waters

Surface Forms

Avicennia officinalis singular
Avicennia officinalises plural

Morphology

Avicennia + officinalis

This is a Linnaean binomial combining the genus name 'Avicennia' with the Latin epithet 'officinalis', so a learner who knows those constituents can infer it denotes a species of Avicennia associated with medicinal use. Scientific Latin names are compositional and cross-linguistically conventional, making the species meaning derivable from the parts for learners familiar with the component definitions.

Etymology

Avicennia officinalis may come from the famous doctor Avicenna, whose name became Avicennia, and the word officinalis, which means 'used in medicine'. So the name shows that people once used this coastal tree for 'medicine'.