| NOUN | plant | strangler fig, golden fig, Florida strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea | a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies |
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| plant | strangler fig, pitch apple, Clusia rosea, Clusia major | a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers |
| 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. | |
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| Synonyms | golden fig, Florida 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 | |
| Meaning | A common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers. | |
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| Synonyms | pitch apple, Clusia rosea, Clusia major | |
| Member of | genus Clusia | Tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs |
| Broader | 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 |
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