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  • 101fig — [[t]fɪ̱g[/t]] figs 1) N COUNT A fig is a soft sweet fruit that grows in hot countries. It is full of tiny seeds and is often eaten dried. 2) N COUNT A fig or a fig tree is a tree on which figs grow. 3) PHRASE: with brd neg, V inflects, oft PHR… …

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  • 102fig leaf — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fig leaf : singular fig leaf plural fig leaves 1) a leaf from a fig tree. You often see a fig leaf covering the sex organs of people in paintings. 2) something that hides another thing that is considered… …

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  • 103fig wasp — noun : a minute insect (Blastophaga psenes) of the family Agaontidae that breeds in the caprifig and is important as the agent in the process of caprification; broadly : an insect of the family Agaontidae * * * a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes …

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  • 104fig — I. noun Etymology: Middle English fige, from Anglo French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig Date: 13th century 1. a. an oblong or pear shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus) of the mulberry… …

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  • 105fig — fig1 noun 1》 a soft pear shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds. 2》 (also fig tree) the deciduous tree or shrub which bears figs. [Ficus carica.]     ↘used in names of related plants, e.g. strangling fig. Phrases not give (or… …

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  • 106Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Fig Tree Pocket city = Brisbane state = qld caption = lga = Brisbane City Council, Walter Taylor Ward postcode = 4069 pop = 3,347 (2004) [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3050… …

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  • 107Fig Springs mission site — The Fig Springs mission site is an archaeological site in Ichetucknee Springs State Park, in Columbia County, Florida. It has been identified as the site of a Spanish mission from the first half of the 17th century.The Fig Springs site is… …

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  • 108fig — UK [fɪɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms fig : singular fig plural figs a soft fruit with purple or green skin and a lot of small seeds inside. It grows on a fig tree. • not give a fig about/for something British informal old fashioned to not… …

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  • 109fig — I [[t]fɪg[/t]] n. 1) pln any tree or shrub of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, bearing syconia as its fruit 2) pln the turbinate or pear shaped fruit of such a tree or shrub 3) a contemptibly trifling amount; the least bit: Their help… …

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  • 110Fig Rig — Das Fig Rig ist ein ringförmiger Stabilisator für kleine Filmkameras und Camcorder. Es wurde vom englischen Regisseur Mike Figgis entwickelt[1]. Das Fig Rig wird kommerziell vom Stativhersteller Manfrotto vertrieben. Siehe auch Steadycam Weblinks …

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