Any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.(noun)
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Use "fig tree" in a sentence
"From behind him an ornamental fountain, representing a fig tree in full fruit, began to spurt water, filling the surrounding trough and overflowing until it touched the body of the Pearl Warrior."
"In the absence of other figs to mate with, and of agaonid wasps to intermediate that mating, a fig tree faces a celibate, fruitless future."
"The limb collapses the thicket of tomatoes, snaps the young fig tree in two at the soil line, pulverizes a majority of the collard greens, buries the callaloo, and splinters the roof of the high-rise chicken coop."