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strangler fig

DEFINITIONS OF: strangler fig

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n a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas

Synonyms:
Ficus aurea, Florida strangler fig, golden fig, wild fig
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

n a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers

Synonyms:
Clusia major, Clusia rosea, pitch apple
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
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