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Definition of Ficus carica
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 Ficus Carica
Literary usage of Ficus carica
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 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 fruit of the ficus carica, or fig tree. See ficus. (F._/f? ... The fruit of
ficus carica from Greece. They are smaller than Smyrna figs and have less ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"There are several recognized botanical varieties of the Fig (ficus carica), of
which the following can be noted : (1) ficus carica, ..."
3. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1866)
"(ficus carica.) " Learn a parable of the fig-tree."—MATT, xxiv. ... The tree is
called by botanists ficus carica. ..."
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