WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]