strangler

Meanings

Plural: stranglers

Noun

• an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
• someone who kills by strangling
• Someone who strangles, especially who murders by strangling.
• An epiphyte whose aerial roots eventually strangle the tree on which it grows.

Synonyms

choker, garroter, garrotter, strangler tree, throttler