FIG
WordNet
noun
(1) A diagram or picture illustrating textual material
"The area covered can be seen from Figure 2"
(2) Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
(3) A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
(4) Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from Old Provencal figa, from Vulgar Latin fīca 'fig', from 'fig tree', perhaps influenced by Greek sýkon 'fig', (Boetic) týkon, ultimately from Phoenician pagh, paggím 'half-ripe fig'.
Noun
- A tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics and produces a fruit of the same name.
- The fruit of the fig, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
See also
- sycophant (originally meant "one who shows the fig", but now means a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage)
- Wikipedia article on the fig