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Syllabification: (fig)
Pronunciation: /fig/

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Definition of fig

noun

  • 1a soft pear-shaped fruit with sweet dark flesh and many small seeds, eaten fresh or dried.
  • 2 (also figtree) the deciduous Old World tree or shrub that bears the fig.
    • Ficus carica, family Moraceae
  • used in names of other plants of the genus Ficus, or in names of nonrelated plants that bear a fruit similar to a fig.

Phrases

not give (or care) a fig

not have the slightest concern about:Karla 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

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