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fig

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fig

1
 n
Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
2
 n
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fig
1

n Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

Synonyms:
Ficus carica, common fig, common fig tree
Types:
Ficus carica sylvestris, caprifig
wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
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

n fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried

Type of:
edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
2

n a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

Synonyms:
figure
Type of:
illustration
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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