fig
fig Lexical Profile
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• noun
The soft, sweet, pear-shaped fruit of the fig tree, containing numerous small seeds and typically eaten fresh or dried.
"She sliced fresh figs to serve with goat cheese and a drizzle of honey."
A small tree or shrub of the mulberry family (Ficus carica), native to western Asia and the Mediterranean, cultivated for its sweet fruit.
"They planted a fig in the warmest, sunniest corner of the garden to ensure a good harvest."
A thing of little or no value or importance, usually used in negative phrases to express indifference.
"He did not care a fig for the critics' opinions on his unorthodox painting style."
• Rhymes for fig
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old French 'figue', from Old Provençal 'figa', derived from Vulgar Latin '*fica', which came from Latin 'ficus' (fig tree, fig).
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