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kəs 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.
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| rubber plant See weeping ivy any plant of the genus Ficus, which includes the edible fig and several greenhouse and house plants | |
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Example sentences
For the less adventurous, there is a selection of low-maintenance houseplants such as ficus and pothos.
Try paying attention, say, to all the potted plants you see en route-then retrace your steps from fern to ficus to foyer.
The new strain of whiteflies infests some species of ficus plants and turns their leaves sticky and stains them.
Long before ficus trees met weight machines, he was a dogged exerciser.
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