Ficus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
     A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
     Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
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     Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the


           peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Ficus
       n : large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
           including fig trees [syn: {genus Ficus}]