"fig tree" meaning in English

See fig tree in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: fig trees [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English figge tre, a partial calque of fike tre, fictre, fic-treow, from Old English fīctrēow (“fig tree”), equivalent to fig + tree. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|figge tre}} Middle English figge tre, {{m|enm|fike tre}} fike tre, {{m|enm|fictre}} fictre, {{m|enm|fic-treow}} fic-treow, {{inh|en|ang|fīctrēow|t=fig tree}} Old English fīctrēow (“fig tree”), {{af|en|fig|tree}} fig + tree Head templates: {{en-noun}} fig tree (plural fig trees)
  1. Any tree that bears figs (Ficus spp.). Categories (lifeform): Fig trees

Inflected forms

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