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noun
Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who kills by strangling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: garroter, garrotter, throttler, choker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: killer, slayer
noun
an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: strangler tree
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: air plant, epiphyte, aerophyte, epiphytic plant
Narrower terms: pitch apple, strangler fig, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
History
From strangle + -er.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
