HyperDic: botany_bay_fig

English > 1 sense of the expression *Botany Bay fig*:
NOUN	plant	Botany Bay fig, Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Ficus rubiginosa	Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament

English > *Botany Bay fig*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood.
Synonyms	Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Ficus rubiginosa
Broader	fig tree	Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus