Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ficus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the
peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ficus
n : large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
including fig trees [syn: {Ficus}, {genus Ficus}]
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