ficus

fi·cus

 (fī′kəs)

n. pl. ficus also fi·cus·es

Any of numerous tropical or subtropical trees, shrubs, or vines of the genus Ficus, especially F. benjamina, commonly grown as a houseplant.

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[Latin fīcus, fig.]

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ficus

(ˈfiːkəs)

n

(Plants) any plant of the genus Ficus, which includes the edible fig and several greenhouse and house plants. See rubber plant, weeping ivy

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fig¹

(fɪg)

n.

1. any tree or shrub of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, bearing syconia as its fruit.

2. the turbinate or pear-shaped fruit of such a tree or shrub.

3. a contemptibly trifling amount; the least bit: Their help wasn't worth a fig.

4. a gesture of contempt.

[1175–1225; Middle English fige < Old French < Old Provençal figa « Latin fīcus]

fig²

(fɪg)

n.

1. dress or array: to appear at a party in full fig.

2. condition: to feel in fine fig.

[1685–95; earlier feague to liven, whip up < German fegen to furbish, sweep, clean; akin to fair¹]

fig.

1. figurative.

2. figuratively.

3. figure.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Ficus - large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees genus Ficus dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Moraceae, Moraceae, mulberry family - trees or shrubs having a milky juice; in some classifications includes genus Cannabis fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature Ficus aurea, Florida strangler fig, golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig - a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore fig, sycamore - thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

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