any plant of the genus Ficus, which includes the edible fig and several greenhouse and house plants
rubber plant, weeping ivy
ficus in American English
(ˈfaɪkəs)
nounWord forms: pluralˈficus
any of a genus (Ficus) of tropical shrubs, trees, and climbing plants of the mulberry family, with glossy, leathery leaves, including the rubber plant: often grown indoors as an ornamental
Word origin
ModL < L, fig tree
Examples of 'ficus' in a sentence
ficus
What was strange about the tall overweight man was his fixation with the ficus.