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a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building

a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building

An East and West Indian tree yielding a bark used in tanning.

A tree of the E. and W. Indies, whose bark is used for tanning.

A tropical tree of low coasts.

n. [Malayan] A tree of the genus Rhizophoracca, found in the East and West Indies. The wood is dark-red, hard and durable; and the bark is used in tanning;— a species of tropical fish.