rizoforáceo, a.
(From rizofóreo).
1. adj. Bot. It is said of trees or shrubs angiospermos dicotiledonous living on the shores of the tropics, with many roots, partly visible regions, leaves simple, opposite, with Stipules, flowers actinomorphic, hermaphrodite or Unisexual, persistent calyx, and indehiscent fruit with a single seed without albumen; p. ej. the mangrove. U t. c. s. f.
2. f. pl. Bot. These plant family.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.