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Ficus - 3 dictionary results

fi⋅cus

[fahy-kuhs]
–noun, plural fi⋅cus, fi⋅cus⋅es.
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.

Origin:
< NL (Linnaeus); L fīcus fig
fi·cus   (fī'kəs)   
n.   pl. ficus or fi·cus·es
Any of numerous tropical trees, shrubs, or climbers of the genus Ficus, having pearlike multiple fruits.

[Latin fīcus, fig.]

Ficus

Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.] A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.

Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.
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