| has gloss | (noun) any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
fig tree |
| lexicalization | eng: fig tree |
| subclass of | (noun) a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
tree |
| has subclass | (noun) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
common fig tree, Ficus carica, fig, common fig |
| has subclass | (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
strangler fig, wild fig, golden fig, Ficus aurea, Florida strangler fig |
| has subclass | (noun) East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
banian, banyan tree, Indian banyan, banyan, Ficus bengalensis, East Indian fig tree, banian tree |
| has subclass | (noun) fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
pipal tree, pipal, Ficus religiosa, peepul, sacred fig, bo tree, pipul |
| has subclass | (noun) large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, rubber plant, Ficus elastica, India-rubber tree, Assam rubber |
| has subclass | (noun) shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plant, Ficus diversifolia, Ficus deltoidea |
| has subclass | (noun) Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
little-leaf fig, Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa, rusty rig, Port Jackson fig |
| has subclass | (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
Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore, sycamore fig |