noun
any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Hyponyms:
↑fig, ↑common fig, ↑common fig tree, ↑Ficus carica, ↑golden fig, ↑Florida strangler fig, ↑strangler fig, ↑wild fig, ↑Ficus aurea, ↑banyan, ↑banyan tree, ↑banian, ↑banian tree, ↑Indian banyan, ↑East Indian fig tree, ↑Ficus bengalensis, ↑pipal, ↑pipal tree, ↑pipul, ↑peepul, ↑sacred fig, ↑bo tree, ↑Ficus religiosa, ↑India-rubber tree, ↑India-rubber plant, ↑India-rubber fig, ↑rubber plant, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica, ↑mistletoe fig, ↑mistletoe rubber plant, ↑Ficus diversifolia, ↑Ficus deltoidea, ↑Port Jackson fig, ↑rusty rig, ↑little-leaf fig, ↑Botany Bay fig, ↑Ficus rubiginosa, ↑sycamore, ↑sycamore fig, ↑mulberry fig, ↑Ficus sycomorus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ficus, ↑genus Ficus
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noun : fig I 2
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fig tree noun
Any tree which produces figs
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Main Entry: ↑fig
Useful english dictionary. 2012.