strangler tree

1. 1.

   an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

   Synonymsstrangler

   Broaderair plant

   Narrowerpitch apple

Questions about strangler tree

What does strangler tree mean?

strangler tree means "an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree".

What is another word for strangler tree?

Close synonyms include strangler. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is strangler tree a common word?

strangler tree is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.