fig1

 
Pronunciation: /fɪg/

noun

  • 1a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried.
  • 2 (also fig tree) the deciduous Old World tree or shrub which bears figs.
    • Ficus carica, family Moraceae
  • used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig.

Phrases

not give (or care) a fig

not have the slightest concern about: Elaine didn’t give a fig for Joe’s comfort or his state of mind

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French figue, from Provençal fig(u)a, based on Latin ficus