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Mangrove vs Marsh - What's the difference?

mangrove | marsh |

As nouns the difference between mangrove and marsh

is that mangrove is any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water while marsh is an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

As a proper noun Marsh is

{{surname|topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone living by a {{term|marsh}}.

mangrove

English

(wikipedia mangrove)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various tropical evergreen trees or shrubs that grow in shallow coastal water.
  • A habitat with such plants; mangrove forest; mangrove swamp.
  • Plants of the Rhizophoraceae family.
  • Trees of the genus Rhizophora .

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    marsh

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass.

    • Coordinate terms

    * bog * moor * swamp

    Derived terms

    * marsh deer

    See also

    * marshmallow * slack

    References

    * Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese (in collaborazione con Oxford University Press) . Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003. . Online version here

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