Bakau

Kawasan pohon bakau yang terletak di pertengahan antara kawasan pantai Kelanang dan pantai Morib, Banting, Selangor [klik untuk pembesaran imej]

Bakau

Sejenis tumbuhan (pokok) yang tumbuh di tepi-tepi pantai atau paya / Berus /  Berus mata buaya / Mata buaya / Lenggadai / Tumu / Tengar / Lenggadai putut / Beus / Bangkita. Antara jenis-jenis pokok bakau yang terdapat: akik, akit; bakap, belukap, gelukap, hitam, jangkar, kurap, minyak dan lain lain.

Mangroove

A tree or shrub (families Rhizophoraceae and Verbenaceae or Avicenniaceae) that grows in muddy, chiefly tropical coastal swamps OR Various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes 25° N and 25° S OR Any tropical evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Rhizophora, having stiltlike intertwining aerial roots and growing below the highest tide levels in estuaries and along coasts, forming dense thickets OR A tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building OR Any of several tropical evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Rhizophora, having stiltlike roots and stems and forming dense thickets along tidal shores.

Puisi Melayu

Pokok berembang pokok bidara,

Tumbang berpaut di dahan bakau;

Kalau tuah memang ada,

Jatuh ke laut menjadi pulau.

Sumber: DBP, Google, Wikipedia, www.thefreedictionary.com, & www.answers.com