strangler : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strangler	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for strangler
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strangler n an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree Synonym(s): strangler, strangler tree someone who kills by strangling Synonym(s): garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangler \Stran"gler\, n. One who, or that which, strangles. [bd]The very strangler of their amity.[b8] --Shak.