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fig

Main Entry:: ¹fig
Pronunciation:: \ˈfig\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English fige, from Anglo-French, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fica, from Latin ficus fig tree, fig
Date:: 13th century

1 a: an oblong or pear-shaped syconium fruit of a tree (genus Ficus) of the mulberry family b: a tree bearing figs; especially : a widely cultivated tree (F. carica) that produces edible figs2: a worthless trifle : the least bit <doesn't care a fig>

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