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button mangrove

American  

noun

  1. a tropical tree, Conocarpus erectus, having small, reddish, conelike fruits and bark used in tanning.

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To a layman, this patch of brown-green saw grass and button mangrove deep inside Everglades National Park looks healthy enough, but Troxler knows trouble lurks just beneath the murky surface.

From Seattle Times

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