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    COMMON FIG

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruitplay

    Synonyms:

    common fig; common fig tree; Ficus carica; fig

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("common fig" is a kind of...):

    fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)

    Meronyms (parts of "common fig"):

    fig (fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried)

    syconium (the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "common fig"):

    caprifig; Ficus carica sylvestris (wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs)

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