sycamore fig

/ˌsɪkəˈmɔər fɪg/

Other forms: sycamore figs

Definitions of sycamore fig

1. noun

   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
   synonyms: Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore

   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