Definition of Ficus carica

1. Noun. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

Exact synonyms: Common Fig, Common Fig Tree, Fig
Terms within: Fig, Syconium
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Specialized synonyms: Caprifig, Ficus Carica Sylvestris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ficus Carica

FiOS
Fianna Fáil
Fianna Éireann
Fibber McGee's closet
Fibonacci
Fibonacci number
Fibonacci numbers
Fibonacci sequence
Fibonacci sequences
Fick's laws of diffusion
Fick method
Fick principle
Ficoll-Hypaque technique
Ficus aurea
Ficus bengalensis
Ficus carica
Ficus carica sylvestris
Ficus deltoidea
Ficus diversifolia
Ficus elastica
Ficus religiosa
Ficus rubiginosa
Ficus sycomorus
Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro Ruz
Fides
Fido
Fiedler
Fiedler's myocarditis
Field

Literary usage of Ficus carica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"The fruit of the ficus carica, or fig tree. See ficus. (F._/f? ... The fruit of ficus carica from Greece. They are smaller than Smyrna figs and have less ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"There are several recognized botanical varieties of the Fig (ficus carica), of which the following can be noted : (1) ficus carica, ..."

3. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1866)
"(ficus carica.) " Learn a parable of the fig-tree."—MATT, xxiv. ... The tree is called by botanists ficus carica. ..."

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