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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.