Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

strangler fig

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English

Syllables: stran-gler -fig
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.

Inflected Forms

strangler figs (plural)

Synonyms

pitch apple clusia rosea clusia major golden fig florida strangler fig wild fig ficus aurea

Questions

What does strangler fig mean?: Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.

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