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Botany Bay fig

DEFINITIONS OF: Botany Bay fig

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n Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood

Synonyms:
Ficus rubiginosa, Port Jackson fig, little-leaf fig, rusty rig
Type of:
fig tree
any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
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