Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strangler_tree

1 sense of strangler tree

Sense 1
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)
       => air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant -- (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)