单词 | fig tree |
释义 | fig treen. A tree of the genus Ficus, esp. the Ficus carica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [adjective] > of fig-tree or leaves fig treea1340 fig-leaved1710 burr1813 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fruit-tree or -plant > [noun] > tropical or exotic fruit-tree or -plant > fig-tree fikec975 figerc1300 fig treea1340 fig1382 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter civ. 31 He smate þaire vynȝerdis & þaire fige trese. c1430 J. Lydgate Chorle & Bird (Roxb.) 1 He myght not forsaken his fattenesse Ne the fyge tree his amerous swetenesse. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 1101 The Figtree, not that kind for Fruit renown'd, But such as at this day..In Malabar or Decan spreds her Armes. View more context for this quotation 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting I. ii. 25 The milk that flows from the leaf of a young fig-tree. 1862 H. Kendall Poems & Songs 119 How lone we sit beneath this old Fig-tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1340 |
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