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fig tree is any of about 850 species of woody trees in the genus ''Ficus''.
Fig Tree or Figtree may also refer to:
Tree species
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Common fig
The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...
(''Ficus carica''), a tree cultivated for its edible fruit
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Curtain fig (''Ficus microcarpa''), also known as Chinese Banyan, Malayan Banyan, Taiwan Banyan, Indian Laurel
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Moreton Bay fig (''Ficus macrophylla''), a tree with buttress roots that can reach in height
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Rusty fig (''Ficus rubiginosa''), also known as Port Jackson fig or little-leaf fig
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Weeping fig (''Ficus benjamina''), also known as Benjamin's fig, and often sold in stores as just ficus
Places
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Figtree, New South Wales, an inner western suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Figtree, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Figtree is a town on the island of Nevis in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis (), officially the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, is an island country and microstate consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and N ...
, a town on the island of Nevis
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Figtree, Zimbabwe, a village in the province of Matabeleland South
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Fig Tree Pocket, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia
As surname
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Gemma Figtree
Gemma Alexandra Figtree is an Interventional Cardiologist at Royal North Shore Hospital, Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney, chair of the Federal Government's 10-year Mission for Cardiovascular Health, and co-leader of the Car ...
, Australian interventional cardiologist
Other uses
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''Fig Tree'' (film), a 2018 Israeli film
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Fig Tree Bridge
The Fig Tree Bridge is a road bridge that carries Burns Bay Road across the Lane Cove River, and connects the suburbs of Hunters Hill, New South Wales, Hunters Hill in the south and Linley Point, New South Wales, Linley Point in the north, locate ...
, a girder bridge that spans the Lane Cove River in Sydney, Australia
* Fig Tree, an imprint of
Penguin Books
See also
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Fig (disambiguation)
Fig is the sweet edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', small tree cultivated in temperate areas
Fig, figs, or variants, may also refer to:
* '' Ficus'', a genus of about 850 species of tropical shrubs and trees
Arts and entertainment
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Figs in the Bible, references to figs and fig trees in the Tanakh and the New Testament
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Curtain Fig Tree
Curtain Fig Tree is a heritage-listed tree at Curtain Fig Tree Road, Yungaburra, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest trees in Tropical North Queensland, Australia, and one of the best known attractions on t ...
, a heritage-listed tree in Queensland, Australia
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Moreton Bay Fig Tree (Santa Barbara, California)
Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree located in Santa Barbara, California is believed to be the largest ''Ficus macrophylla'' in the United States.Days, M. L. (1977). ''Histories of individual parks Santa Barbara California''. Santa Barbara, CA: ...
, the largest ''Ficus macrophylla'' in the United States
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