fig tree
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- noun
- /fɪg tri/
:
higuera
- Dried leaves littered the ground and dead branches hung low from the stunted fig tree.
Yes, you can grow lemon, avocado, olive or fig trees.
- Yes, you can grow lemon, avocado, olive or fig trees.
- He said when you see the fig tree start to blossom, you know it's spring Even so you know summer is near.
- You'll get to enjoy a fig tree that seems to grow straight from the gospel.
- An avocado tree, olive or fig trees?
Examples
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I went out the back door, crawled under the fig tree, and lay face down on the grass and cried.
Fiction book (1993) -
Several varieties of fig trees were heavy with fruit for the first time since 1995.
Academic text (2003) -
We shall plant your fig tree in the new land.
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Can you put the fig tree there?
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So across the yard here we have the little fig tree, which I'll take you guys out to real quick.
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In the school, there was a tennis court and the fig tree was still there.
Academic text (1995) -
When we were children, we once lived in a house with a fig tree in the backyard.
Fiction book (1993) -
Of course we do not know when, but the fig tree certainly seems to be ripening.
Blog text (13) -
Before going up to Flaherty's house, Diehl sat under the big fig tree on Anacapa Street.
Fiction book (1998) -
We shall plant your fig tree in the new land.
Synonyms
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A tree from the Mediterranean grown for its sweet fruit
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A large tree from India whose branches grow roots that become new trunks
A small Mediterranean tree that produces sweet edible figs
A tree from warm regions that grows small sweet fruit eaten fresh or dried
A Mediterranean tree that makes sweet edible figs
A wild fig tree often planted near orchards to help pollination
A large tree with thick branches from Africa and southwestern Asia that produces small edible figs
A large spreading tree from Africa and Asia that makes small edible but not very tasty figs
A large tree with wide branches from Africa and southwest Asia that grows small edible figs
A large fig tree from India with heart-shaped leaves often seen as sacred in Buddhism and Hinduism
A large fig tree from India that people in Buddhism and Hinduism consider holy
A large Indian tree that sends roots down from branches to form new trunks
A tropical tree that grows in warm places and has small sweet fruit
An Australian tree with hard white wood and small glossy blue fruit
An Australian fig tree that grows large and gives good shade in gardens
A large Australian fig tree with big leaves and wide branches often planted for shade or as a garden tree
An Australian tree with small leaves often grown for gardens and brushwood
A big tropical tree with large shiny leaves grown indoors and once used to make rubber
A small tropical tree grown as a houseplant with thick waxy round leaves
A small bush or tree with mistletoe-like leaves often kept as a houseplant
A small tree or bush kept indoors for leaves like mistletoe
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a tree that bears figs' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fig' (a plant/fruit) with 'tree' (a perennial plant); the compound simply names the type of tree. This noun+noun composition is a regular, cross‑linguistic pattern and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Fig tree simply joins fig and tree to paint a clear picture of the sweet 'fruit' growing on a tree. So it means 'a tree that bears edible figs'.