strangler (n)
strangler tree (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 20
def an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
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Hypernym air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
Derivationally related form strangler → strangle
Hyponym pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
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Hypernym pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
Hyponym air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
Derivationally related form strangle → strangler

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