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STRANGLER TREE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
Synonyms:
strangler; strangler tree
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Hypernyms ("strangler tree" is a kind of...):
aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte; epiphytic plant (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strangler tree"):
Clusia major; Clusia rosea; pitch apple; strangler fig (a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers)