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Definition of Common fig tree
1. Noun. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit.
Terms within: Fig, Syconium
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Specialized synonyms: Caprifig, Ficus Carica Sylvestris
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Fig Tree
Literary usage of Common fig tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1869)
"Tree, deciduous ; native of the South of Europe and Asia ; sap milky; cuttings
in good soil. t 1. F. CA'RICA L. The common Fig Tree. ..."
2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Tree, deciduous ; native of the Sou:h of Europe and Asia ; sap milky; cuttings
in good soil. 1 1. F. CA'RICA L. The common Fig Tree. ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"Tree, deciduous ; native of the South of Europe and Asia ; sap milky; cuttings
in good soil. J 1. F. CA'BICA L. The common Fig Tree. Identification. Lin. ..."
4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1901)
"... no tree is so little understood—has been the cause of so much misunderstanding
or discussion—as this very common fig tree. WHAT Is A FIG? ..."
5. The Gospel According to St Matthew by Arthur Carr (1908)
"At the time of the Passover the first leaf-buds would scarcely have appeared on
the common fig-tree, while this year's ripe fruit would not be found till ..."
6. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods: As Also the Forests of India and by Edward Balfour (1862)
"Amongst those for which a mere notice will suffice, are the Ficus carica, the
common fig tree, cultivated in many parts of India. ..."
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