Japanese symbol for “mangrove”
マングローブ
マングローブ
Romaji: manguroobu
mangrove
In Japanese, mangrove is マングローブ (manguroobu).
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Meanings
- n mangrove
Other Japanese words for “mangrove”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛭木 | ひるぎ hirugi | mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae) |
| 紅樹 | こうじゅ kouju | mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza) |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.