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noun

fig

FIG/fɪɡ/

A soft fruit containing many small seeds.

The cut fig reveals tender flesh packed with many tiny seeds.

A ripe whole fig beside a lengthwise-cut half, showing the fruit’s pear-shaped outline, tender flesh, and many tiny seeds.
Etymology
figLatinfig, fig tree

Latin ficus named both the fig tree and its fruit, so the fruit sense continues an ancient usage. Its deeper ancestry is probably Mediterranean and possibly Semitic, but remains uncertain.

In context

Fig Boss (Ross Raddi)23:40
I want to have a fig that's in a really warm part of California where the temperatures are 100 while the figs are ripening and they're getting soft and they're swelling and they're changing color
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More examples

  • Dried figs add sweetness to the bread.
  • Each fig contains many tiny seeds.
  • We serve fresh figs with cheese.

Forms

fig · figs