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Recent Examples on the Web Others, such as the strangler fig, are innately parasitic. — Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021 But the area is also home to towering strangler fig trees whose hollow trunks, composed of roots and limbs, are perfect for an utterly unique climbing experience. — Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2019 The beach stretches away for a mile and a half on either side of me; behind me are a few private houses set among strangler figs and mango trees. — Francesca Gavin, Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2016 Mango trees come in three colors—white, black and red—and Spanish moss hangs like dirty washing from the branches of the twisted strangler figs. — Francesca Gavin, Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2016

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“Strangler fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strangler%20fig. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022.

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