common fig tree

Noun
  1. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit (synset 112422189)
    is a type of: fig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
    subtypes: caprifig, ficus carica sylvestris - wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
    has:
    • fig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
    • syconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets
    same as: common fig, ficus carica, fig

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