"strangler fig" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: strangler figs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} strangler fig (plural strangler figs)
  1. Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature. Categories (lifeform): Fig trees Translations (fig tree): figuier étrangleur [masculine] (French), Würgefeige [feminine] (German), higuerote [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-strangler_fig-en-noun-ZfYNckxs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations Hyponyms (fig that strangles trees): Ficus altissima, Ficus aurea (english: 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

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Alternative forms

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