strangler

Example Sentences

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He spotted a strangler fig and described how it sprouted from a seed that found purchase in the high crotch of another species, slowly sent roots to the ground, and ultimately choked its host.

From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024

Driving west from El Hormiguero toward the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve, the road wends through ceibas, strangler figs, and sapodillas, a tree prized since Maya times for its chicle gum.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

Doubts about the case lingered for more than 40 years as legal experts and writers insisted that Mr. DeSalvo was not the strangler.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2021

She had a special animus for English ivy, that invasive strangler of native trees.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2016

In the middle of the day she tied up to an immense strangler fig and clambered over it to reach land.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer