1. 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, strangler tree]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
strangler tree
n 1: 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,
strangler tree]