Noun: strangler strang-g(u-)lu(r)
- Someone who kills by strangling
"The police were on high alert after reports of a strangler in the area";
- garroter [N. Amer], garrotter [Brit, Cdn], throttler, choker
- An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
"The strangler fig is a well-known example of a strangler tree in tropical ecosystems";
- strangler tree
Derived forms: stranglers
Type of: aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, killer, slayer