strangler fig

strangler fig
    n 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 [syn:
         {golden fig}, {Florida strangler fig}, {strangler fig},
         {wild fig}, {Ficus aurea}]
    2: a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or
       rose flowers [syn: {pitch apple}, {strangler fig}, {Clusia
       rosea}, {Clusia major}]