2. Given the discussion thus far of commensalism and parasitism, would parasitism be an accurate way to descri

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2. Given the discussion thus far of commensalism and parasitism, would parasitism be an accurate way to describe the relationship between the strangler fig and the cypress tree?

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No; strangler figs are hemiepiphytes that kill hosts by shading and constricting them, not by extracting nutrients like true parasites.

2. Given the discussion thus far of commensalism and parasitism, would parasitism be an accurate way to describe the relationship between the strangler fig and the cypress tree?

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2. Given the discussion thus far of commensalism and parasitism, would parasitism be an accurate way to describe the relationship between the strangler fig and the cypress tree?

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