strangler fig
strangler fig · strangler figs
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Any of a number of kinds of figs that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them…Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.
Meaning
1 sensesAny of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.
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More definitions
- a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
- 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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By meaning 1
fig tree:
Forms
plural: strangler figs| Singular | strangler fig |
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regular
Synonyms
7 synonymsClose in meaning
- a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers:pitch appleClusia roseaClusia major
- a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas:golden figFlorida strangler figwild figFicus aurea