strangler fig

English

a strangler fig that persists and thrives, though the tree that supported it has died due to strangler fig parasitism

Noun

strangler fig (plural strangler figs)

Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.

Hyponyms

(fig that strangles trees): Ficus altissima, Ficus aurea (Florida strangler fig), Ficus benghalensis, Ficus benjamina, Ficus burtt-davyi, Ficus citrifolia, Ficus craterostoma, Ficus tinctoria, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus obliqua, Ficus virens, Ficus watkinsiana, Ficus henneana

Translations

fig tree

French: figuier étrangleur (fr) m
German: Würgefeige f
Spanish: higuerote m

References

strangler fig on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Ficus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Ficus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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