wild fig

American  

noun

1. the caprifig.

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Etymology

Origin of wild fig

First recorded in 1700–10

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Example Sentences

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wild fig

In the shade of a wild fig tree near Nakuru, where the 11th Battalion of his Kenya Rifles had mutinied, a military tribunal sorted out sheep from goats.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

The foliage grew more abundant as they advanced; the “marula” and wild fig, and omnipresent acacia.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Bertram Mitford

The camp was under a very large wild fig tree, whose dense canopy gave us shade all through the day.

From Jock of the Bushveld by Sir Percy Fitzpatrick

The fruit of the wild fig never acquires the succulence of the cultivated kinds.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various

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