How to Use mangrove in a Sentence

mangrove

noun
Definition of mangrovenext
  • The mangrove is a tree who grows up close to the ocean and our creek(s) here.
    — Maggie Andresen, Scientific American, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The loss of mangrove forests is slowing around the world.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Smell of oil and the rich tidal funk of mangrove and saltgrass from the islands.
    — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The mangrove swamps reached as far as the airport, so the first smell was this ripe earth smell.
    — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The roots of the sundari, the mangrove species for which the forest is named, stick out of the mud like fingers of the dead.
    — Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 25 June 2023
  • Hoyt still has photos of the canal when it was lined with mangroves and palm trees.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Wilson hit on the idea of using clumps of mangrove north of Key West.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Her remains were tied to a mangrove tree with wire, Springer said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 8 June 2022
  • Spend the day seeing the world-famous Gold Rock Beach and pine forests, mangroves, and coral reefs.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2023
  • Fish spend some of their life cycles hiding in the mangroves.
    — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2023
  • Firstly, a small eco-cruise tour of the lagoon, through the Mayakoba mangroves.
    — Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The cenote winds through a lush mangrove and is a snorkeling and scuba spot.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • The building’s first floor is 18 feet off the ground; a boardwalk cuts through a forest of mangroves to his boat launch.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Use dip nets and seine nets to study the aquatic life living among the mangroves in these salt marsh areas.
    — Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2024
  • Watch a video from MNN of Quenee and his friends planting mangroves above.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Kayak and canoe trails on the bay side dart among mangroves and into sea grass flats where blue heron perch and feed.
    — Katherine Rodeghier, chicagotribune.com, 5 Feb. 2018
  • Wet mangroves line the rivers that meet the ocean along Colombia’s Pacific coast.
    — Dan Dubno, Popular Mechanics, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Its habitat ranges from mangroves and river mouths to open seas.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The potential drug is released by a sea squirt that lives on the roots of mangrove trees in the Caribbean.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Some people come to get off the grid, camping in the mangrove forests or living on sailboats.
    — Alan Blinder, Marc Santora and Vivian Yee, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Its waters are lined with snarled mangrove roots and canopied with dense foliage.
    — Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 27 June 2024
  • Rivers and land merge in a giant delta of marshland and mangrove where Tabasco lies at the crook of the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Elisabeth Malkin, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Sea grass meadows and mangroves in the area are also struggling.
    — Arielle Paul, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Niger Delta is home to one of the largest mangrove ecosystems in the world, one that humans lived in harmony with for centuries.
    — New York Times, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Cruise through the waters of mangrove forests, along serene rivers, or across the open ocean in search of your next adventure (and dinner!).
    — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
  • With mangroves that are up to 200 years old, it’s known for excellent bird and wildlife spotting.
    — Jennifer Salerno, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2023
  • But shrimp farms tend to occupy coastal land that used to be covered in mangroves.
    — The Economist, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The carbon stored in coastal systems like mangroves is what's known as blue carbon.
    — Zayna Syed, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The sea wall was reshaped to accommodate terraced planters, while the fish farm’s ponds and dikes were turned into a mangrove habitat.
    — Christy Choi, CNN, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The spill took three months to contain and caused enormous damage to the coral reefs and mangroves in the area, affecting thousands of fisherman and beach resorts.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 26 July 2024

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