strangler fig

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strangler fig - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  strangler fig
      n 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 [syn:
           golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig,
           wild fig, Ficus aurea]
      2: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or
         rose flowers [syn: pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia   rosea
         , Clusia major]