strangler tree

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Noun strangler tree has 1 sense

strangler, strangler tree - an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
--₁ is a kind of air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
--₁ has particulars: pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major