florida_strangler_fig (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Florida strangler fig*:
NOUN	plant	Florida strangler fig, golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea	a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies

English > *Florida strangler fig*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas.
Synonyms	golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea
Member of	Ficus, genus Ficus	large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
Broader	fig tree	Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus
Spanish	cabrahigo

HyperDic: florida_strangler_fig