strangler tree
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1. 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)
| hypernym | : | aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, |
| definition | : | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clusia major, clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig, |
| definition | : | a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | strangle, strangulate, throttle, |
| definition | : | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | strangle, strangulate, throttle, |
| definition | : | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air (verb.contact) |
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