ficus
Americannoun
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ficus,
plural
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ficuses
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ficus
< New Latin (Linnaeus); Latin fīcus fig 1
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Artificial intelligence lets these glasses identify objects in our field of view, like a ficus tree or a Southern African meerkat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
In Sawtelle, a 30-foot ficus tree fell on a Santa Monica Big Blue Bus and two other cars Friday night, but no one was injured, according to NBC 4.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Other cities have battled in the courts over the preservation of ficus and other trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
In March last year, the volunteer group Pasadena Beautiful Foundation reported planting 30 ficus trees on the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2024
And when he wasn’t looking, she dumped the rest in a potted ficus.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
Ms. Doukas also built a proper staircase out of police barricades and sawhorses, and she and Mr. Brady had dinner parties among the ficuses, roses and lilies most summer nights.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2011
A road, which is but a ravine shaded by ficuses and miritis, leads to it in a few minutes.
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules
Behold, then, Fragoso on the road, coming up the shady lane beneath the ficuses, and arriving in the central square of Tabatinga!
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules
After winding beneath the shade of ficuses, tahuaris, nipa palms, and cecropias, it enters the Amazon by five mouths.
From Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon by Verne, Jules
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