单词 | fig tree |
释义 | fig tree (once / 7917 pages) n WORD FAMILY fig tree: fig trees USAGE EXAMPLES“Like the scripture says: Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree And no one shall make them afraid.” Washington Post(Nov 21, 2016) Laila sees the tops of fig trees above the walls, some of the branches spilling over the side. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) In one demonstration, a Microsoft employee rotated a 3D photo of a fig tree to display it at various angles. Time(Oct 26, 2016) n any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature Hypo|Hyper Ficus carica, common fig, common fig tree, fig Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit Ficus aurea, Florida strangler fig, golden fig, strangler fig, wild figa strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis, Indian banyan, banian, banian tree, banyan, banyan treeEast Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks Ficus religiosa, bo tree, peepul, pipal, pipal tree, pipul, sacred figfig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists Assam rubber, Ficus elastica, India-rubber fig, India-rubber plant, India-rubber tree, rubber plantlarge tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber Ficus deltoidea, Ficus diversifolia, mistletoe fig, mistletoe rubber plantshrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe Botany Bay fig, Ficus rubiginosa, Port Jackson fig, little-leaf fig, rusty rigAustralian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood Ficus sycomorus, mulberry fig, sycamore, sycamore figthick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore Ficus carica sylvestris, caprifigwild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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