strangler fig

Noun
  1. A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies;
    Begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas (synset 112422556)
    is a type of: fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
    belongs to: ficus, genus ficus - large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
    same as: ficus aurea, florida strangler fig, golden fig, wild fig
  2. A common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers (synset 112386830)
    is a type of: 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
    belongs to: genus clusia - tropical American aromatic trees or shrubs; often epiphytic; some stranglers
    same as: clusia major, clusia rosea, pitch apple

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