An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree - strangler tree
Someone who kills by strangling - garroter [N. Amer], garrotter [Brit, Cdn], throttler, choker
Derived forms: stranglers
See also: strangle
Type of: aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, killer, slayer