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    FICUS CARICA

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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 ("Ficus carica" 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 "Ficus carica"):

    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 "Ficus carica"):

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

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