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Significados de strangler tree em inglês

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

Sinônimos
Examples for "strangler"
Examples for "strangler"
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Two countries have placed a strangler fig on their coats of arms.
BBC
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Now for the first time in his narrative did the strangler betray emotion.
Tales of Destiny
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Then his voice stopped as if a strangler's thumb had blocked the windpipe.
Julian
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They took a fancy to the strangler figs and brought back a sapling.
Bones of the Dragon
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Graham Guthrie, very pale, stood looking down at the dead strangler.
The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
Uso de strangler tree em inglês
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The fig trees helped forests return and overwhelm the abandoned buildings Giant strangler trees dominated the landscape.
BBC