NOUN | plant | wild fig, golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, Ficus aurea | a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies |
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plant | wild fig, Clusia flava | a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit |
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, strangler 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 West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit. | |
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Synonym | Clusia flava | |
Member of | genus Clusia | Tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
Spanish | cabrahigo | |
Catalan | cabrafiguera, figuera borda |
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