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fig1 British & World English

a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried

fig2 British & World English

smart clothes, especially those appropriate to a particular occasion or profession

fig leaf British & World English

a leaf of a fig tree, often used for concealing the genitals in paintings and sculpture

fig wasp British & World English

a minute Old World wasp which lays its eggs inside the flower of the wild fig. It was introduced into the New World to effect cross-fertilization of the cultivated fig

fig parrot British & World English

a very small short-tailed Australasian parrot, with mainly green plumage and a coloured head, feeding on soft fruit

Hottentot fig British & World English

a succulent mat-forming plant with bright yellow or lilac daisy-like flowers and edible fruit. It is native to South Africa and frequently naturalized on coastal cliffs in Europe

not give or care a fig in fig1 British & World English

not have the slightest concern about

fig tree in fig1 British & World English

the deciduous Old World tree or shrub which bears figs

sycomore fig in sycamore British & World English

(in biblical use) a fig tree that grows in the Middle East

weeping fig in fig1 British & World English

used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig

strangling fig in fig1 British & World English

used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, e.g. strangling fig, weeping fig