English > fig tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature. |
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| Member of | Ficus, genus Ficus | large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees |
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| Narrower | India-rubber tree, India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, rubber plant, Assam rubber, Ficus elastica | large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant |
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| Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa | Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament |
| banyan, banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis | East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks |
| fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica | Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit |
| golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea | A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies |
| mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant, Ficus diversifolia, Ficus deltoidea | shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe |
| pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul, sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa | fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity |
| sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus | thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Spanish | higuera |
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| Catalan | figuera |
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