Moreton Bay fig
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Moreton Bay fig
named after Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
Example Sentences
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One of my favorite passages captures Mr. Haskell’s first encounter, in Australia, with a Moreton Bay fig tree, its thick, leathery foliage crowded by figbirds longing for the tree’s fruits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Seagle’s last stop was the towering Moreton Bay fig that had shaded the property for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
You’ll also find the towering Moreton Bay fig tree, which, legend has it, is the same tree that inspired Walt Disney to build the fantastical Swiss Family Tree House two miles away at Disneyland.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2018
Not far away from the museum, at Plaza Park, past a Moreton Bay fig that had been planted in 1874, stood a stand of Christmas trees, left abandoned and surrounded by wooden fences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2017
A goanna clings to a Moreton Bay fig above them but nobody sees it.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2010
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