rīˌzäfəˈrāsēˌē, ˌrīzəf- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Rhizophora, type genus + -aceae
: a family of trees and shrubs (order Myrtales) that usually form dense jungles along tropical seacoasts and that have opposite coriaceous leaves, flowers with valvate calyx and 2- to 6-celled ovary, and seeds that germinate while the fruit is still attached — compare mangrove
• rhi·zopho·ra·ceous ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|rāshəs, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷- adjective