strangler fig

noun

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

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golden figFlorida strangler figwild figFicus aureapitch appleClusia roseaClusia major
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Meanings

nounstrangler fig (plural strangler figs)

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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas

Similar
golden figFlorida strangler figwild figFicus aurea
Broader
fig tree

nouna common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers

Similar
pitch appleClusia roseaClusia major
Broader
stranglerstrangler tree
Also see
pitch apple

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French figuier étrangleur
  • figuier étrangleurfig tree
German Würgefeige
  • Würgefeigefig tree
Polish figowiec dusiciel
  • figowiec dusicielfig tree
Spanish higuerote
  • higuerotefig tree
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangler fig,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangler%20fig.

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