strangler fig

n 1: a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies;

begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many

trunklike aerial roots and covering enormous areas [syn:

{golden fig}, {Florida strangler fig}, {wild fig}, {Ficus

aurea}]

2: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or

rose flowers [syn: {pitch apple}, {Clusia rosea}, {Clusia

major}]