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]