01 n. A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the C…
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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.(Bot.)
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The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.
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3.
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.
Phrases & compounds
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.
Fig gnat —
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 —
the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree —
any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.