Mangroves is valid Scrabble Word

Is mangroves a scrabble word?
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9 letters word
15 points in Scrabble
19 points in WWF

Definitions for MANGROVES in dictionary:

NOUN:

MANGROVE, any of various tropical trees or shrubs with interlacing aerial roots
a tree or shrub which grows in tidal, chiefly tropical, coastal swamps, having numerous tangled roots that grow above ground and form dense thickets.
a tidal swamp which is dominated by mangroves.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

a tropical tree or shrub

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How to use MANGROVES in a sentence

The tall grass, the palms, the matted mangroves and vines made travel difficult.
Crocodiles are found in large and small rivers, lakes, mangroves, and in brackish and fresh water.
At another part of the island they heard the crowing of a cock, and discovered a small village, almost hidden by the mangroves, and built over the water.
The windlass stopped, and a few moments later a clump of mangroves swayed.
The work, however, went on until it got dark, and when the mist rose from the mangroves and a heavy dew began to fall they carried Adam to his room.
Twelve miles to the eastward of Cape Locker the shore is lined with mangroves, among which a small opening, like a rivulet, was observed.
A volley of musketry was fired into the mangroves, but we could not ascertain whether any of the balls took effect, since we could not see our assailants.
About four miles from the anchorage was a small opening in the mangroves, but of too little importance to take any notice of.
In this bay there is probably an opening, but it is small and lined with mangroves.
The ground is sufficiently high along the shore at that place, and without mangroves.

Davy walked back to the port the same evening, and next day took in ballast, which was mud dug out among the mangroves.
It was surrounded by mangroves that overhung the deep water.
There appeared to be a large island in its North-East corner, which fell back about 10 miles, and like many other parts of it was lined with a growth of mangroves.
Two young men only were in the craft, which ran close in under the mangroves, through which we could see other natives passing.
The stature of the two young men was small, perhaps 5 feet 7 inches, but those behind the mangroves were much taller.
The banks on either side of the inlet were, as usual, a thick grove of mangroves, except in one spot, a mile lower down, where we landed on our return for observations.
There was no variety in the shores of this inlet, composed like all the others, of an impenetrable network of mangroves.
To the eastward there appeared an opening with a remarkable quoin-shaped clump of tall mangroves at the entrance.
A growth of mangroves prevented our landing at high-water, and at low, soft mud flat fronted the shore for the distance of a mile and more.
It was examined for a short distance in a South by West direction, and presented the usual low banks lined with mangroves.
For some distance the banks had been less fringed with mangroves, leaving clear patches covered with coarse grass.
Steering NW by W through a low swampy country, brought them to the side of a creek, the banks of which were low, muddy, and covered with mangroves.
We attempted to go through some mangroves to the beach, but did not succeed.
We landed beside of a creek knee-deep in water, among some mangroves.
The fine Cyrena cyrenoides lives among the roots of mangroves in the Louisiade Archipelago.
Not far off a winding tidal creek was fringed with mangroves.
At first the river was fringed with mangroves, afterwards with dense brush.
Lastly, it would be improper to omit mentioning the very fine oysters adhering to the roots of the mangroves.
Among the mangroves a rare shell, a species of Quoyia, occurred.
This is the largest of a group of about ten islands, which agree in being low, and covered for the most part with mangroves.
With the exception of a sandy, grassy plain, half a mile in length, the whole of the island is densely covered with mangroves, and fringed with a reef of coral, chiefly dead.
On one side is a large patch of brush with some mangroves and a coral reef.

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