The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fig \Fig\ (f[i^]g), n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L. ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
(Bot.) A small fruit tree ( Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
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The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity. Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See Caprification.
A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
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The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt. ``A fig for Peter.''
--Shak.Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. ``Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns.''
--Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).Fig gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs.
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
WordNet
n. any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
Wikipedia
A fig tree is a Ficus; Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees.
Fig Tree or Figtree may also refer to:
Usage examples of "fig tree".
It is said to have been introduced into England by the Romans, but was probably introduced from Italy early in the sixteenth century, when the Fig tree still growing in Lambeth Palace garden is said to have been planted.
And, indeed, in the growing illumination of morning, I saw that it was indeed a fig tree.
That night he returned to the camp below the fig tree with the last of the light, and set his rifle against the stem of the tree.
The old man Jomo was sitting in the shade of the only tree up there, a fig tree, while his consort Guinevere searched his back for lice.
She overheard a group of hunters, as they lazed in the shade of a fig tree, feeding themselves on its plump fruit and talking loosely.
No light showed from the entrance of the tunnel beyond the great wild fig tree.
Sean walked back to the fig tree to help his men to lower the remains of the carcass so the pride could reach it.
Legend said it was under a fig tree that the Buddha had sat when he had received enlightenment.
I ask you, is it the fig tree's fault that it's not the season for figs?
What kind of a thing is that to do to an innocent fig tree, wither it instantly?
When the man didn't believe him, he insisted on going to the fig tree and letting Hylas climb it again, and this time of course he was not muzzled, and managed to grab one of the figs he had missed before.