strangler tree

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noun

an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
• Syn:
strangler
• Derivationally related forms:
strangle (for: strangler)
• Hypernyms:
air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
• Hyponyms:
pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major