strangler   (Sound)

The strangler has 2 Senses.

• strangler, strangler tree
• an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
• 着生のつる植物か高木で、気根が支持木の幹の下方へ広がり、その周りに癒着して最終的には木を絞め殺す

• throttler, strangler, garrotter, garroter, choker
• someone who kills by strangling
• 首を絞めて殺す人