HyperDic: pitch_apple

English > 1 sense of the expression pitch apple:
NOUNplantpitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia majora common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
English > pitch apple: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers.
Synonymsstrangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
Member ofgenus ClusiaTropical American aromatic trees or shrubs
Broaderstrangler, strangler treeAn 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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