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Definitions for: Fig
[n] a diagram or picture illustrating textual material; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
[n] fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
[n] Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
Webster (1913) Definition: Fig, n. [F. figue the fruit of the tree, Pr. figa, fr. L.
ficus fig tree, fig. Cf. Fico.]
1. (Bot.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with large
leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. It was probably
native from Syria westward to the Canary Islands.
2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
shape, and of various colors.
Note: The fruit of a fig tree is really the hollow end of a
stem, and bears numerous achenia inside the cavity.
Many species have little, hard, inedible figs, and in
only a few does the fruit become soft and pulpy. The
fruit of the cultivated varieties is much prized in its
fresh state, and also when dried or preserved. See
Caprification.
3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
in scorn or contempt. ``A fig for Peter.'' --Shak.
Cochineal fig. See Conchineal fig.
Fig dust, a preparation of fine oatmeal for feeding caged
birds.
Fig faun, one of a class of rural deities or monsters
supposed to live on figs. ``Therefore shall dragons dwell
there with the fig fauns.'' --Jer. i. 39. (Douay version).
Fig gnat (Zo["o]l.), a small fly said to be injurious to
figs.
Fig leaf, the leaf tree; hence, in allusion to the first
clothing of Adam and Eve (Genesis iii.7), a covering for a
thing that ought to be concealed; esp., an inadequate
covering; a symbol for affected modesty.
Fig marigold (Bot.), the name of several plants of the
genus Mesembryanthemum, some of which are prized for the
brilliancy and beauty of their flowers.
Fig tree (Bot.), any tree of the genus Ficus, but
especially F. Carica which produces the fig of commerce.
Fig, v. t. [See Fico, Fig, n.]
1. To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico.
[Obs.]
When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like The
bragging Spaniard. --Shak.
2. To put into the head of, as something useless o?
contemptible. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
Fig, n.
Figure; dress; array. [Colloq.]
Were they all in full fig, the females with feathers on
their heads, the males with chapeaux bras? --Prof.
Wilson.
Synonyms: common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica, figure
See Also: caprifig, common fig, common fig tree, edible fruit, Ficus carica, Ficus carica sylvestris, fig, fig, fig tree, illustration, syconium
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