Associations to the word «Fig»

FIG, noun. A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.

FIG, noun. The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.

FIG, noun. A small piece of tobacco.

FIG, noun. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.

FIG, verb. (obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.

FIG, verb. (obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.

FIG, verb. (intransitive) To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.

FIG, noun. Abbreviation of figure (diagram or illustration).

FIG LEAF, noun. A leaf of the fig plant.

FIG LEAF, noun. A representation of leaf of a fig plant used to cover the genitals of a nude figure in a work of art (alluding to Genesis iii 7, in which Adam and Eve use fig leaves to hide their nakedness).

FIG LEAF, noun. (figuratively) Anything used to conceal something undesirable or that one does not want to be discovered.

FIG LEAVES, noun. Plural of fig leaf

FIG MARIGOLD, noun. Any of several South African ornamental flowering plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum.

FIG TREE, noun. Any tree that bears figs

FIG WASP, noun. A wasp of the family Agaonidae, some of which pollinate figs.

FIG WASPS, noun. Plural of fig wasp

FIG, noun. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2".

FIG, noun. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit.

FIG, noun. A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi.

FIG, noun. Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried.