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FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Florida strangler fig mean? 

FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG (noun)
  The noun FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG has 1 sense:

1. a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areasplay

  Familiarity information: FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG used as a noun is very rare.


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FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ficus aurea; Florida strangler fig; golden fig; strangler fig; wild fig

Hypernyms ("Florida strangler fig" is a kind of...):

fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)

Holonyms ("Florida strangler fig" is a member of...):

Ficus; genus Ficus (large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees)


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