mangrove swamp


noun
  1. a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.

Origin of mangrove swamp

1
First recorded in 1850–55

Words Nearby mangrove swamp

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How to use mangrove swamp in a sentence

  • For example, if a factory owner can’t figure out how to eliminate their emissions with current technologies, they can pay to restore a mangrove swamp that will absorb an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide.

  • It is on the edge of the mangrove swamp, and is reached by a sort of causeway of turf.

  • What made the steep cliff at the south end of Punta Grande, on which a mangrove swamp now abuts?

    At Last | Charles Kingsley
  • The air was nauseous with the dank mucky odour that cooked out of the mangrove swamp.

    Jerry of the Islands | Jack London
  • The salt tang of the sea gladdened his nostrils, and he snorted with the pleasure of the stench of the mangrove swamp.

    Jerry of the Islands | Jack London
  • In the first man-drive through the mangrove swamp Seelee caught two.

    Adventure | Jack London