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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pitch apple, Clusia rosea, Clusia major
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strangler, strangler tree
noun
a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: golden fig, Florida strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fig tree
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