Definition of strangler fig Strangler fig
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What does strangler fig mean?
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| strangler fig - 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 fig, Florida strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea | ||
| fig tree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature | ||
| strangler fig - a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers | ||
| pitch apple, Clusia rosea, Clusia major | ||
| 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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