fig tree
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1. any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | common fig, common fig tree, ficus carica, fig, |
| definition | : | Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ficus aurea, florida strangler fig, golden fig, strangler fig, wild fig, |
| definition | : | a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan tree, east indian fig tree, ficus bengalensis, indian banyan, |
| definition | : | East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bo tree, ficus religiosa, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred fig, |
| definition | : | fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | assam rubber, ficus elastica, india-rubber fig, india-rubber plant, india-rubber tree, rubber plant, |
| definition | : | large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ficus deltoidea, ficus diversifolia, mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant, |
| definition | : | shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | botany bay fig, ficus rubiginosa, little-leaf fig, port jackson fig, rusty rig, |
| definition | : | Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore, sycamore fig, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | ficus, genus ficus, |
| definition | : | large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees (noun.plant) |
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