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ˈfig-tree
[f. fig n.1 + tree.]
A tree of the genus Ficus, esp. the Ficus carica.
a1340Hampole Psalter civ. 31 He smate þaire vynȝerdis & þaire fige trese. c1430Lydg. Chorle & Byrde (Roxb.) 1 He myght not forsaken his fattenesse Ne the fyge tree his amerous swetenesse. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 1101 The Fig-tree—not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as, at this day..In Malabar or Decan spreads her Armes. 1762Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1765) I. ii. 28 The milk that flows from the leaf of a young fig-tree. 1862Kendall Poems 119 How lone we sit beneath this old Fig-tree.
attrib.1552Huloet, Figge tree staffe or stalcke. Ibid., Figge tree droue, or groue. 1889Pall Mall G. 26 Dec. 3/2 The seventh and ninth columns from the fig-tree corner [of the Ducal Palace]. |