strangler
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the treeSynonyms: strangler tree
- someone who kills by stranglingSynonyms: garrotergarrotterthrottlerchoker
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Strangler \Stran"gler\, n. One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." --Shak. [1913 Webster]