strangler fig
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1. a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | strangler, strangler tree, |
| definition | : | an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | genus clusia, |
| definition | : | tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs; often epiphytic; some stranglers (noun.plant) |
2. a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fig tree, |
| definition | : | any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | ficus, genus ficus, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees (noun.plant) |
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