fig
- noun
- /fɪg/
- Fresh strawberry, fresh peach, fresh fig, I don't know what else, but fresh, all of it fresh.
- fig fruit
We've got honey, a fig cake and a newer date.
- We've got honey, a fig cake and a newer date.
- That comes from things like figs and raisins and jackfruit.
- This is a body scrub with African rock, fig and baobab oil.
- This little actually all this did was like crush the figs because they're very soft.
- But sometimes, you know, there's, there's Wasps and figs and things like that.
- Strawberry, coconut, champagne, fig, white floral cord, and rose tobacco.
- Maybe instead of tie my legs off you get these figs.
Examples
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Also, our Chicago Hardy fig in here is just loaded with figs, just absolutely loaded.
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I tried a fig and an oyster together, a lovely combination, sweet and smoky.
Fiction book (2000) -
There are some figs too, and those look really nice.
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You can see here some of the figs right there.
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In a small voice, she called out, "Figs and honey, please."
Fiction book (1998) -
I got your letter and the box of dried figs.
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It smells like real Peaches but it does have like that sweet fig creamy vibe to it.
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A week later, the papal messenger brought Lily a clay vessel that contained figs and honey.
Fiction book (1998) -
As you advised, I stuffed each quail with a fresh fig instead of thyme and lemon zest.
Fiction book (1999) -
I enjoyed a fresh fig with my breakfast this morning.
Compounds
A tropical tree that begins life on another tree then grows around and often kills it
- Australian
A small edible blue fruit from an Australian tree with soft flesh and one seed
- Australian
A large Australian fig tree with big leaves and wide branches often planted for shade or as a garden tree
- US
A prickly plant with large white or yellow flowers that grows in warm parts of America
- South African
A small plant from South Africa with bright pink or white flowers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A large tree that starts on another tree and grows roots that wrap and cover the host
- Australian
An Australian tree with small leaves often grown for gardens and brushwood
- Specialized
A small tropical tree grown as a houseplant with thick waxy round leaves
A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs
- NSFW
A low plant with thick, fleshy leaves and sweet edible fruit from South Africa
- NSFW
A low plant with thick leaves that grows on coastal sand and has edible fruit
- Archaic
A big tropical tree with large shiny leaves grown indoors and once used to make rubber
- Indian
A large fig tree from India that people in Buddhism and Hinduism consider holy
- Australian
A large Australian tree with wide branches and roots that hang down, often planted for shade
- South African
A large spreading tree from Africa and Asia that makes small edible but not very tasty figs
- South African
A low plant from South Africa with thick leaves that makes small edible fruit
How Sweet
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fig for the sweet fruit also comes from Latin ficus, which meant 'fig tree', so think of the soft, sweet inside to remember the fruit itself.