fig : Idioms & Phrases

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blue fig

  • noun the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree
    quandong.
  • noun Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
    quandong; Elaeocarpus grandis; quandong tree; silver quandong tree; Brisbane quandong.
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botany bay fig

  • noun Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
    rusty rig; Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig.
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Cochineal fig

  • . See Conchineal fig.
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common fig

  • noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
    common fig; fig; Ficus carica.
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common fig tree

  • noun Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
    common fig; fig; Ficus carica.
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devil's fig

  • noun any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods; chiefly of tropical America
    prickly poppy; white thistle; argemone.
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east indian fig tree

  • noun East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
    banyan; Indian banyan; banyan tree; banian tree; banian; Ficus bengalensis.
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Fig dust

  • a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged birds.
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Fig faun

  • one of a class of rural deities or monsters supposed to live on figs. "Therefore shall dragons dwell there with the fig fauns." Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
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Fig gnat

  • (Zoöl.), a small fly said to be injurious to figs.
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Fig leaf

  • noun a leaf from a fig tree
  • noun a covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful
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  • the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
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Fig marigold

  • noun any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
    pebble plant.
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  • (Bot.), the name of several plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
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fig moth

  • noun a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
    Cadra cautella; almond moth.
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fig out

  • verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
    rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
    • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
    • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
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Fig tree

  • noun any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
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  • (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
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fig up

  • verb put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
    rig out; dress up; fig out; overdress; trick up; deck out; prink; tog out; get up; deck up; fancy up; attire; tog up; gussy up; trick out.
    • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
    • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
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fig wax

  • noun a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
    gondang wax.
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fig-bird

  • noun greenish-yellow Australian oriole feeding chiefly on figs and other fruits
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fig-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a fig
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fig-shell

Fig"-shell` noun
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  1. (Zoöl.) A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.
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florida strangler fig

  • noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
    Florida strangler fig; Ficus aurea; strangler fig; golden fig.
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Goat fig

  • (Bot.), the wild fig.
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golden fig

  • noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
    Florida strangler fig; Ficus aurea; strangler fig; golden fig.
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hottentot fig

  • noun low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
    Mesembryanthemum edule; Hottentot fig; Carpobrotus edulis; Hottentot's fig.
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hottentot's fig

  • noun low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
    Mesembryanthemum edule; Hottentot fig; Carpobrotus edulis; Hottentot's fig.
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india-rubber fig

  • noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
    India-rubber tree; Ficus elastica; rubber plant; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
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Indian fig

  • . (Bot.) (a) The banyan. See Banyan. (b) The prickly pear.
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little-leaf fig

  • noun Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
    rusty rig; Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig.
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mistletoe fig

  • noun shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
    Ficus deltoidea; Ficus diversifolia; mistletoe rubber plant.
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mulberry fig

  • noun thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
    mulberry fig; sycamore; Ficus sycomorus.
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port jackson fig

  • noun Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
    rusty rig; Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig.
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sacred fig

  • noun fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
    bo tree; pipul; peepul; pipal tree; pipal; Ficus religiosa.
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sour fig

  • noun low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp
    Mesembryanthemum edule; Hottentot fig; Carpobrotus edulis; Hottentot's fig.
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strangler fig

  • noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
    Florida strangler fig; Ficus aurea; strangler fig; golden fig.
  • noun a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
    pitch apple; Clusia rosea; Clusia major.
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sycamore fig

  • noun thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore
    mulberry fig; sycamore; Ficus sycomorus.
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wild fig

  • noun a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
    Florida strangler fig; Ficus aurea; strangler fig; golden fig.
  • noun a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit
    Clusia flava.
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