nnoun.plantan epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the treeSynset:strangler tree
Derivationally Related Form:strangle
Hypernyms:aerophyte air plant epiphyte epiphytic plant
Inherited Hypernyms:stranglerair plantplantorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Clusia majorClusia roseapitch applestrangler fig
Full Hyponyms:pitch apple
nnoun.personsomeone who kills by stranglingSynset:choker garroter garrotter throttler
Derivationally Related Form:garrottethrottlestranglechokegarrote
Hypernyms:killer slayer
Inherited Hypernyms:garroterkillerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:garroterkillerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity