strangler
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He spotted a strangler fig and described how it sprouted from a seed that found purchase in the high crotch of another species, slowly sent roots to the ground, and ultimately choked its host.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
Driving west from El Hormiguero toward the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, the road wends through ceibas, strangler figs, and sapodillas, a tree prized since Maya times for its chicle gum.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
Gnarled strangler figs twisted up toward the sky.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
It includes a rare parasitic fungus nicknamed the strangler, due to its ability to take over other fungi.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022
They came to drier soil with strangler figs splitting the rocks.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
