Ficus
//ˈfaɪkəs// noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant, of species Ficus elastica.
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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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