fig

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Definition of fig

(Entry 1 of 3)

1a : an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus) of the mulberry family

b : a tree bearing figs : a ficus tree especially : a widely cultivated tree (F. carica) that produces edible figs — see also strangler fig, weeping fig — compare banyan, peepul, rubber plant

2 : a worthless trifle : the least bit doesn't care a fig

fig

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Definition of fig (Entry 2 of 3)

: dress, array a young woman in dazzling royal full fig— Mollie Panter-Downes

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Definition of fig (Entry 3 of 3)

figurative; figuratively; figure

History and Etymology for fig

Noun (1)

Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig

Noun (2)

fig, verb, to adorn

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Kids Definition of fig

: a sweet fruit that is oblong or shaped like a pear and is often eaten dried

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Medical Definition of fig

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : an oblong or pear-shaped fruit that is a syconium especially : the edible fruit of a widely cultivated tree (Ficus carica) that has laxative qualities

2 : any of a genus (Ficus) of trees of the mulberry family that produce figs

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Medical Definition of fig (Entry 2 of 2)

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