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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


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]