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ficuses

  • plural
    of ficus.
    ficus
    noun
    any of numerous chiefly tropical trees, shrubs, and vines belonging to the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family, having milky sap and large, thick or stiff leaves, including the edible fig, the banyan, and many species grown as ornamentals.

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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

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

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

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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