FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG
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 areas
Familiarity information: FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLORIDA STRANGLER FIG (noun)
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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