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Definition of Golden fig
1. Noun. A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas.
Group relationships: Ficus, Genus Ficus
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Fig
Literary usage of Golden fig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1894)
"... Early Golden (Fig. 1, Plate XII).—Fruit small, roundish, with deep suture;
skin smooth, pale orange; flesh yellow, juicy, and sweet. ..."
2. Biennial Report by South Dakota, California State Board of Horticulture, State Athletic Commission (1890)
"Baron von Mueller mentions two main varieties which have been successfully
introduced into Australia. One includes the purple, white, and golden fig trees, ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"The former includes the Gray or Purple Fig, which is the best, the White Fig and
the golden fig, the latter being the finest in appearance, ..."
4. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"... acute or short- acuminate at the base: fruit spheroidal or obovoid, about 2 em.
in diameter. —Hammocks.—FK (Bah., Cuba, Ant.)-—GOLDEN-FIG. 2. ..."
5. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"The former includes the grey or purple fig, which is the best, also the white
fig and the golden fig, the latter being the finest in appearance but not io ..."
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