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Definition of Botany bay fig
1. Noun. Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood.
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Botany Bay Fig
Literary usage of Botany bay fig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1813)
"botany bay fig-Tree. Nat. of New South Wales. Introd. 1789, by the Right Hon.
Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. К. В. FL March—June. GH ij. stipulate. ..."
2. Haydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information Relating to All Ages by Benjamin Vincent, Joseph Haydn (1906)
"... of temperance in the House of Commons (about 60), Feb. 1884. FIG-TREE (Ficta
carica) brought from the south of Europe, before 1548. The Botany-Bay fig. ..."
3. The British Almanac: Containing Astronomical, Official and Other Information by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) (1843)
"62. Bosworth-field, battle of, '28. 58. " Botanic Garden," '32. 62. Botany Bay
Fig, '31. 39 ; indigo, id. 40. Botho, Conrad, '31. 70 ; '32. 64. ..."
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