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Caribbean (now rare )
noun
Any of several tropical plants which twine around the trunks of trees and may eventually kill them; specifically any of various species of Clusia, and the strangler fig (genus Ficus).
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- close one's mind to
- close (or dear) to (or near) one's heart
- close (or near) to home
- close (or shut) one's eyes to
- close (or shut) one's mind to (or against)
- close (or shut) the door on (or to)
- closeout
- close-packed
- close quarters
- closer
- close range
- close ranks
- close-ratio
- close reach
- closer settlement
- close-run
- close season
- close-set
- close shave
- close something out
- close-stool
- closet
- closet case
- closet drama
- closeted