Ficus

//ˈfaɪkəs// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.

Example

More examples

"As Gateja explains to some people who have came to see his work, the cloth comes from the inner bark of a ficus tree. It is harvested during the wet season and then, in a long process, beaten with different types of wooden mallets to make its texture soft, fine and give it an even terra-cotta color."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig”).

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