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 • Syn: strangler • Derivationally related forms: strangle (for: strangler) • Hypernyms: air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant • Hyponyms: pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
|
|