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strangler

noun

1 strangler

An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree.

synonym: strangler tree.

2 strangler

Someone who kills by strangling.

synonyms: choker, garroter, garrotter, throttler.

Dutch: worger, wurger
Polish: dusiciel


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