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Fig tree

//ˈfɪɡ tɹiː// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any tree that bears figs (Ficus spp.).
  2. 2
    any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English figge tre, a partial calque of fike tre, fictre, fic-treow, from Old English fīctrēow (“fig tree”), equivalent to fig + tree.

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