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LITTLE-LEAF FIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does little-leaf fig mean? 

LITTLE-LEAF FIG (noun)
  The noun LITTLE-LEAF FIG has 1 sense:

1. Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwoodplay

  Familiarity information: LITTLE-LEAF FIG used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITTLE-LEAF FIG (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig; Port Jackson fig; rusty rig

Hypernyms ("little-leaf fig" is a kind of...):

fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)


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