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Webster 1913 Edition

Ficus

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Fi′cus

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Noun.

[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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Ficus Indica

is the banyan tree;

F. religiosa

, the peepul tree;

F. elastica

, the India-rubber tree.