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.

Exact synonyms: Ficus Aurea, Florida Strangler Fig, Strangler Fig, Wild Fig
Group relationships: Ficus, Genus Ficus
Generic synonyms: Fig Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Golden Fig

golden calf
golden calla
golden chain
golden chinkapin
golden clematis
golden club
golden crown beard
golden crownbeard
golden cup
golden duck
golden eagle
golden eagles
golden everlasting
golden fairy lantern
golden fern
golden fig (current term)
golden fruit dove
golden girl
golden girls
golden glow
golden goal
golden goals
golden goose
golden gram
golden groundsel
golden hamster
golden hamsters
golden handcuffs
golden handshake
golden heather

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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