The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together...
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Look up Fig, fig, fig., FIGS, or figs. in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Fig is the sweet edible fruit of Ficus carica, small tree cultivated in temperate...
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Figging is the practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger root into the human anus in order to generate an acute burning sensation. Historically...
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In culture, a "fig leaf" or "fig-leaf" is a literal or figurative method of obscuring an act or object considered embarrassing or distasteful with something...
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Fig wasps are wasps of the superfamily Chalcidoidea which spend their larval stage inside figs. Some are pollinators but others simply feed off the plant...
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Ficus lyrata (redirect from Fiddle-leaved Fig)
fiddle-leaf fig, banjo fig, fiddle-leaved fig tree, lyre leaf fig tree, or lyre-leaved fig tree, is a species of plant in the mulberry and fig family Moraceae...
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The fig roll or fig bar is a biscuit or cookie consisting of a rolled cake or pastry filled with fig paste. Figs have been a popular food since ancient...
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The Mission fig (also known as Black Mission or Franciscana) is a popular variety of the edible fig (Ficus carica). It was first introduced to the United...
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Strangler fig is the common name for a number of tropical and subtropical plant species in the genus Ficus, including those that are commonly known as...
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Figs in the Bible include references to both the tree and its fruit in the Tanakh and the New Testament, which are sometimes symbolic. The fig tree is...
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A fig tree is any of about 850 species of woody trees in the genus Ficus. Fig Tree or Figtree may also refer to: Common fig (Ficus carica), a tree cultivated...
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Ficus religiosa (redirect from Sacred Fig)
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It...
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Opuntia ficus-indica (redirect from Indian Fig Opuntia)
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in...
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Anton Fig (born 8 August 1952) is a South African session drummer, perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's...
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Fig parrots are a small tribe of Australasian parrots named Cyclopsittini in the family Psittaculidae, made up of seven species in two genera (Cyclopsitta...
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Persian: دانهی انجیر معابد, romanized: Dāne-ye anjīr-e ma'ābed; French: Les Graines du figuier sauvage; ‹See Tfd›German:...
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The fig sign is a mildly obscene gesture that uses a thumb wedged in between two fingers. The gesture is most commonly used to ward off the evil eye,...
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Ficus maclellandii (redirect from Alii fig)
Ficus maclellandii (common name Alii fig or banana-leaf fig) is a species of fig plant native to India, Southeast Asia and China. It is an evergreen often...
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The Parable of the Budding Fig Tree is a parable told by Jesus in the New Testament, found in Matthew 24:32–35, Mark 13:28–31, and Luke 21:29–33. This...
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Ficus benjamina (redirect from Weeping fig)
Ficus benjamina, commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in...
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Newtons (cookie) (redirect from Fig newton)
a cookie filled with sweet fruit paste. "Fig Newtons" are the most popular variety (fig rolls filled with fig paste). They are produced by an extrusion...
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Ficus macrophylla (redirect from Moreton Bay Fig)
with fig wasps; figs are pollinated only by fig wasps, and fig wasps can reproduce only in fig flowers. The wasp partner of the Moreton Bay Fig is Pleistodontes...
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The cursing of the fig tree is an incident reported in the Synoptic Gospels, presented in the Gospel of Mark and Gospel of Matthew as a miracle in connection...
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Ficus microcarpa (redirect from Curtain fig)
Chinese banyan, Malayan banyan, Indian laurel, curtain fig, or gajumaru (ガジュマル), is a tree in the fig family Moraceae. It is native in a range from China...
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Ficus variegata (plant) (redirect from Variegated Fig)
local common names including common red stem fig, green fruited fig and variegated fig. A non strangling fig which may reach 30 metres in height. The tree...
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Ficus rubiginosa (redirect from Port Jackson fig)
Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia in the...
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Ficus benghalensis (redirect from Bengal fig)
Ficus benghalensis, or Ficus indica commonly known as the banyan, banyan fig and Indian banyan, is a tree native to the Indian Subcontinent. Specimens...
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Ficus tinctoria (redirect from Dye Fig)
also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig. It is found in Asia...
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Ficus watkinsiana (redirect from Watkin's Fig)
watkinsiana, commonly known as strangler fig, Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to Australia. The...
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