strangler fig vs Ficus

strangler fig and Ficus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
strangler fig	Yes	No	No	No
Ficus	Yes	No	No	No

strangler fig (noun)	Ficus (noun)
a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers	large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas