fig
/fɪɡ/ noun B2- The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
- A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
- The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
- A Lady Finger banana, also known as the "fig banana", (cultivar of Musa acuminata)
- A raisin (dried grape). · figgy duff - boiled pudding with raisins
- A small piece of tobacco.
- A fico, a contemptuous gesture.
Plural figs
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On his arrival, the Town Mouse placed before him bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, and, last of all, brought a dainty piece of cheese from a basket.
A HALF-FAMISHED JACKDAW seated himself on a fig-tree, which had produced some fruit entirely out of season, and waited in the hope that the figs would ripen.
## The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree
THE OLIVE-TREE ridiculed the Fig-Tree because, while she was green all the year round, the Fig-Tree changed its leaves with the seasons.
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