fig-tree

  • 101common fig — noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit • Syn: ↑fig, ↑common fig tree, ↑Ficus carica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree • Hyponyms: ↑caprifig, ↑Ficus carica sylvestris …

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  • 102mulberry fig — 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 • Syn:… …

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  • 103sycamore fig — 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 • Syn:… …

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  • 104sacred fig — noun fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists • Syn: ↑pipal, ↑pipal tree, ↑pipul, ↑peepul, ↑bo tree, ↑Ficus religiosa • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree …

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  • 105golden fig — noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas • Syn: ↑Florida strangler fig, ↑strangler fig, ↑wild fig, ↑Ficus aurea • Hypernyms:… …

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  • 106Kadamba tree — Kadamba tree, botanical name Anthocephalus cadamba and Nauclea cadamba of the Rubiaceae family, is common in Indian subcontinent. The name Kadamba is a suffix to the dynasty of Mayursharma, the progenitor of his dynasty the Kadamba Dynasty which… …

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  • 107banian tree — noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks • Syn: ↑banyan, ↑banyan tree, ↑banian, ↑Indian banyan, ↑East Indian fig tree, ↑Ficus bengalensis • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree …

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  • 108banyan tree — noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks • Syn: ↑banyan, ↑banian, ↑banian tree, ↑Indian banyan, ↑East Indian fig tree, ↑Ficus bengalensis • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree …

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  • 109India-rubber tree — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber plant, ↑India rubber fig, ↑rubber plant, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * …

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  • 110Florida strangler fig — noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas • Syn: ↑golden fig, ↑strangler fig, ↑wild fig, ↑Ficus aurea • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree • …

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