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Meaning of FICUS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees
 
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 Synonyms: genus Ficus
 
 See Also: dicot genus, family Moraceae, Ficus aurea, Ficus sycomorus, fig tree, Florida strangler fig, golden fig, magnoliopsid genus, Moraceae, mulberry family, mulberry fig, strangler fig, sycamore, sycamore fig, wild fig

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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