Associations to the word «Ficus»

Wiktionary

FICUS, noun. (botany) A plant belonging to the genus Ficus, including the rubber plant.
FICUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Moraceae   — the figs and banyans.
FICUS BENGHALENSIS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — the banyan tree.
FICUS INFECTORIA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — white-fruited wavy leaf fig.
FICUS RACEMOSA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — the cluster fig or Indian fig tree.
FICUS RELIGIOSA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — the sacred fig, some specimens of which are held sacred in three main religions of its native south Asian range.
FICUS SYCOMORUS, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — the cultivated fig found in Africa and the Middle East, known as sycomore, sycomore fig, mulberry fig, or fig-mulberry; the sycamore of the Bible.
FICUS THONNINGII, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Moraceae   — the Chinese banyan.

Dictionary definition

FICUS, noun. Large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees.

Wise words

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