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Definition of Ficus
1. Noun. Large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Moraceae, Moraceae, Mulberry Family
Member holonyms: Fig Tree, Ficus Aurea, Florida Strangler Fig, Golden Fig, Strangler Fig, Wild Fig, Ficus Sycomorus, Mulberry Fig, Sycamore, Sycamore Fig
Definition of Ficus
1. n. A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
Definition of Ficus
1. Noun. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus ''Ficus'', including the rubber plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ficus
1. a tropical tree [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Ficus
1. A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which (F. Carica) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree. Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. Religiosa, the peepul tree; F. Elastica, the India-rubber tree. Origin: L, a fig. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ficus
Literary usage of Ficus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1855)
"With all my heart ; here is a botanical work, look for the word ficus. ...
Now here are braces produced from the ficus elástica; they are good for nothing, ..."
2. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"ficus bengalensis, 33. ficus Carica, 34, 105, 184, ficus Cooperi, 54. .194, 439-
ficus ... ficus laurifolia, 34. ficus leucosticta, 54. ficus lutescens, 34. ..."
3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"The great white Turfy Fig, with deeply-cut Leaves. 2. ficus Jativa ... The great
black Fig, with a white Pulp. 16. ficus fati-va ..."
4. A Tour Round My Garden by Alphonse Karr (1855)
"With all my heart; here is a botanical work, look for the word ficus. ... Now here
are braces produced from the ficus elastica; they are good for nothing, ..."
5. The New Sydenham Society's Lexicon of Medicine and the Allied Sciences ...by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society by Henry Power, Leonard William Sedgwick, New Sydenham Society (1882)
"The growing or development of condylomata of the kind called ficus. Fich telit.
... Also, B. Ph., the dried fruit of the ficus carica, imported from Smyrna. ..."
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