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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Monstera, ficus, and purple-and-green tradescantia are among the cuttings that will be shared with the public, in collaboration with Wayward Plants Reuse Centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
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
The three at 350 S. Grand Ave. were Chinese elms, while the others nearby were ficus trees, Valenzuela said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
Other cities have battled in the courts over the preservation of ficus and other trees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2024
The bunny was busy rooting around in a corner behind a ficus plant and paid Mr. Jeet no attention.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
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
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 Jules Verne
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 Jules Verne
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 Jules Verne
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