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ficus
[ fahy-kuhs ]
noun
- any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.
ficus
/ ˈfiːkəs /
noun
- See weeping ivy, rubber plantany plant of the genus Ficus , which includes the edible fig and several greenhouse and house plants See rubber plant weeping ivy
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The pipals (Ficus religiosa) are shedding their leaves; the sheshams (Dalbergia sissoo) are assuming their emerald spring foliage.
The figs of commerce are the dried fruit of Ficus Carica, the common fig-tree.
All of the Ficus family depend so little upon the ground for their nourishment.
The church, a white and dilapidated structure, was hoary with ficus and other plants which grew from ledges and crevices.
No importance should be attached to the exaggerated divisions made by Gasparini in Ficus carica, Linnæus.
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