common fig

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

common fig - Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruitcommon fig tree, Ficus carica, figfig - fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or driedfig tree - any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when maturecaprifig, Ficus carica sylvestris - wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figssyconium - the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets