ficus

noun

fi·​cus ˈfī-kəs 

plural ficus or ficuses

: any of a genus (Ficus) of chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and woody vines of the mulberry family that have deciduous or evergreen leaves, often begin life as epiphytes, and include some (such as F. benjamina) grown as houseplants and others (such as F. carica) cultivated for their oblong or pear-shaped edible syconium fruit : fig entry 1 sense 1b compare banyan, rubber plant, strangler fig, weeping fig

Examples of ficus in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Advertisement Sunlight, now higher overhead, dapples the sidewalk with shadows from tall ficus trees. —Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024

Whittier to remove more than 80 ficus trees in a bid to boost business. —Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024

In March last year, the volunteer group Pasadena Beautiful Foundation reported planting 30 ficus trees on the street. —Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024

Whittier planned to cut down more than 80 ficus trees. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, fig

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined above