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strangler::noun | Spocien Dictionary
an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | strangler tree |
| Type of | aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant |
| Has types | strangler fig, pitch apple, clusia major, clusia rosea |
| Derivation | strangle |
Examples of strangler
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Hey, New York fell in love with famed strangler Latrell Sprewell once upon a time.
From the lohud.com
A girl thinks her visiting uncle is the strangler dubbed the Merry Widow Murderer.
From the post-gazette.com
We also found two sea eagles nesting in a strangler fig in the interior of the island.
From the time.com
The planting included the sculptural strangler fig, Ficus microcarpa var.
From the telegraph.co.uk
They're very Victorian London strangler meets Edna from The Apprentice.
From the metro.co.uk
Discover orchids, ginger plants, strangler figs, palms and a variety of climbing plants.
From the cairns.com.au
They function as prop roots, as in maize or anchor roots or as the trunk in strangler fig.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An arty New York detective sleeps with the mayor's daughter and tracks a mathematical strangler.
From the post-gazette.com
Early on, Vowell evokes the image of the strangler fig, a tree that crowds out and destroys its neighbors.
From the sfgate.com
- An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
- Garroter: someone who kills by strangling
- The Strangler is a 1964 crime thriller, directed by Burt Topper and starring Victor Buono, David McLean, Davey Davison and Ellen Corby, with a screenplay was by Bill S. Ballinger. The film was inspired by the Boston Strangler, a serial killer of the 1960s.
- The Stranglers are an English rock music group.
- A plant that begins life as an epiphyte in the canopy of a forest and sends its roots down the trunk of a host tree and into the substrate. ...
- An old colloquial term for Choke
