Definition of
Fig
- (noun, communication) a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
- (noun, food) fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
- (noun, group) a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
- (noun, plant) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
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Synonyms of Fig
al-jama'a al-islamiyyah al-muqatilah bi-libya, common fig, common fig tree, ficus carica, figure, libyan fighting group, libyan islamic fighting group, libyan islamic group
Alternate forms of Fig
Hyponyms: caprifig, ficus carica sylvestris
Hypernyms: edible fruit, fig tree, illustration
Origin of the word Fig
- early 13c., from O.Fr. figue, from O.Prov. figa, from V.L. *fica, from L. ficus "fig tree, fig," from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language, possibly Semitic (cf. Phoenician pagh "half-ripe fig"). Earlier borrowed directly into O.E. from L. as fic. The insulting sense of the word in Shakespeare, etc. (A fig for ...) is 1570s, from Gk… more
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Words that sound like Fig
f.i.s.c., fabaceae, face, facia, faeces, fag, fagaceae, fagus, fake, faq, fas, fasces, fascia, fauces, faux, favus, fawkes, fax, faze, fcc, fcs, feces, feijoa, fes, fescue, fess, fesse, fez, fiasco, fica, fice, fichu, ficus, fig wax, fiji, fijis, fisa, fisc, fish, fish cake, fish hawk, fisheye, fishgig, fishhook, fishy, fives, fix
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