WordNet: strangler, strangler tree

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

• hypernym aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant

• hyponym Clusia major, Clusia rosea, pitch apple, strangler fig

strangler

• (englanti) strangle (derivationally related)
• (suomi) ilmajuurinen kasvi (synonyymi)

strangler tree

• (suomi) ilmajuurinen puu (synonyymi)