Term: strangler: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: attendance: the frequency with which a person is present
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: tail fin: one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: merman: half man and half fish; lives in the sea
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: surface-to-air missile: a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: banshee: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: iyar: the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: glove: handwear: covers the hand and wrist
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: long-clawed prawn: large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: copperhead: venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
Broader: air plant: plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it | Unrelated: succinic acid: a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes