fig tree

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fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature

Ficus, genus Ficus - large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees

common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica, fig - Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

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

banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan - East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks

bo tree, Ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig - fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists

Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree, rubber plant - large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber

Ficus deltoidea, Ficus diversifolia, mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant - shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe

Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa, little-leaf fig, Port Jackson fig, rusty rig - Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood

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

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

Translations

fig tree

n → Feigenbaum m

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[A large fig tree in full leaf {101} grows upon it], and under it lies the sucking whirlpool of Charybdis.

{106} but I was carried aloft toward the fig tree, which I caught hold of and clung on to like a bat.

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They sing "Home, Sweet Home" in ragtime; they carry their lares et penates in a bandbox; their vine is entwined about a picture hat; a rubber plant is their fig tree.

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Orange, pomegranate, and fig trees bent beneath the weight of their golden or purple fruits.

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Fig tree (Ficus carica L.) was one of the first plants grown by humans for fresh or dehydrated consumption.

Advances in propagation of Ficus carica L./Avancos na propagacao da Figueira

If successful development continues, Aghbal's cultural, artistic, and natural assets could facilitate tourism in the region.The celebration encourages the exchange of experiences between farmers and professionals while exploring methods of developing fig tree cultivation, according to Moroccan news outlet tml" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" noopenerLe Matin.

Third Annual Fig Festival Wraps Up in Morocco's Berkane

Finally, I've yet to get any edible fruit from my fig tree (Ficus carica) but it's still a relatively young specimen and I love the foliage.

Getting a Med start; Holiday inspired you to grow Mediterranean plants at home? These are the best ones to try

JUICY The foliage and delicious fruit of the fig tree

GETTING A MED START; If your hols inspire you to grow Mediterranean plants at home, these are the best ones to try

The fig tree was introduced to England in the sixteenth century, and by the reign of Elizabeth I, most English households kept dried figs to make sweet puddings.

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He went on to use the parable of fig tree to speak of the importance of fruitfulness in life.The fig tree had not produced any fruit after three years, so it was useless, and needed to be cut down.

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And he told them this parable: "There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, 'For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none.