| NOUN | plant | strangler tree, strangler | 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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| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | strangler | |
| Narrower | pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major | A common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers |
| Broader | air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant | plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain |
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