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  • 41FIG — 1. n. 1 a a soft pear shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig tree) any deciduous tree of the genus Ficus, esp. F. carica, having broad leaves and bearing figs. 2 a valueless thing (don t care a fig for). Phrases and… …

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  • 42fig — 1. n. 1 a a soft pear shaped fruit with many seeds, eaten fresh or dried. b (in full fig tree) any deciduous tree of the genus Ficus, esp. F. carica, having broad leaves and bearing figs. 2 a valueless thing (don t care a fig for). Phrases and… …

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  • 43fig tree — noun any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑fig, ↑common fig, ↑common fig tree, ↑Ficus carica, ↑ …

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  • 44fig wasp — noun : a minute insect (Blastophaga psenes) of the family Agaontidae that breeds in the caprifig and is important as the agent in the process of caprification; broadly : an insect of the family Agaontidae * * * a chalcid wasp, Blastophaga psenes …

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  • 45Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland — Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb name = Fig Tree Pocket city = Brisbane state = qld caption = lga = Brisbane City Council, Walter Taylor Ward postcode = 4069 pop = 3,347 (2004) [ [http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/3050… …

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  • 46fig — I. /fɪg / (say fig) noun 1. Also, fig tree. any tree or shrub of the moraceous genus Ficus, especially a small tree, F. carica, native to south western Asia, bearing a turbinate or pear shaped fruit which is eaten fresh or preserved or dried. 2.… …

  • 47Fig Leaves — Infobox Film name = Fig Leaves image size = caption = director = Howard Hawks producer = William Fox writer = Howard Hawks Louis D. Lighton Hope Loring narrator = starring = George O Brien music = cinematography = Joseph H. August editing = Rose… …

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  • 48fig — [[t]fɪ̱g[/t]] figs 1) N COUNT A fig is a soft sweet fruit that grows in hot countries. It is full of tiny seeds and is often eaten dried. 2) N COUNT A fig or a fig tree is a tree on which figs grow. 3) PHRASE: with brd neg, V inflects, oft PHR… …

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  • 49fig. — 1) In books and magazines, fig. is used as an abbreviation for figure in order to tell the reader which picture or diagram is being referred to. Draw the basic outlines in black felt tip pen (see fig. 4). 2) In some dictionaries and language… …

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  • 50fig leaf — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms fig leaf : singular fig leaf plural fig leaves 1) a leaf from a fig tree. You often see a fig leaf covering the sex organs of people in paintings. 2) something that hides another thing that is considered… …

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