Fig tree
/ˈfɪɡ tɹiː/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any tree that bears figs (Ficus spp.).
- 2 any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature wordnet
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From Middle English figge tre, a partial calque of fike tre, fictre, fic-treow, from Old English fīctrēow (“fig tree”), equivalent to fig + tree.