ba·ca·uan
| \ bəˈkäwən \
variants:
or less commonly bacao \
bəˈkau̇
\
plural -s
Definition of bacauan
Philippines
: any of various Asian mangroves (such as those of the genera Rhizophora and Bruguiera)
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The first known use of bacauan was in 1902
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