ˈfig-tree
[f. fig n.1 + tree.]
A tree of the genus Ficus, esp. the Ficus carica.
| a 1340 Hampole Psalter civ. 31 He smate þaire vynȝerdis & þaire fige trese. c 1430 Lydg. Chorle & Byrde (Roxb.) 1 He myght not forsaken his fattenesse Ne the fyge tree his amerous swetenesse. 1667 Milton P.L. ix. 1101 The Fig-tree—not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as, at this day..In Malabar or Decan spreads her Armes. 1762 Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1765) I. ii. 28 The milk that flows from the leaf of a young fig-tree. 1862 Kendall Poems 119 How lone we sit beneath this old Fig-tree. |
| attrib. 1552 Huloet, Figge tree staffe or stalcke. Ibid., Figge tree droue, or groue. 1889 Pall Mall G. 26 Dec. 3/2 The seventh and ninth columns from the fig-tree corner [of the Ducal Palace]. |