strangler fig

Questions about strangler fig

What is another word for strangler fig?

It depends which strangler fig you mean. In the sense “a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas”, the synonyms are golden fig, Florida strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea. Across all 2 senses there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of strangler fig?

WordNet records no antonym for strangler fig. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for strangler fig split into groups?

Because strangler fig carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for strangler fig come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of strangler fig

• Full entry for strangler figAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for strangler figWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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