wild fig

noun

1. the caprifig.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild fig¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

Wherever there is a wild fig-tree ripe, a numerous species of birds, called tangara, is sure to be on it.

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Among the fruits used by them is a kind of wild fig; and they eat also the kernels of that fruit which resembles a pine-apple.

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The Greeks called the wild fig erineos, and the Latins caprificus.

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And Amerias says, that the figs on the wild fig-trees are called .

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Having glanced at a towering sapodilla tree, he noticed that a wild fig vine grew up its side.

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