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Ficus
(gcide) | Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
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Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the
peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.
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ficus
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n 1: large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
including fig trees [syn: Ficus, genus Ficus] |
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Eurystomus Pacificus
(gcide) | Roller \Roll"er\ (r[=o]l"[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in
husbandry and the arts.
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2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage
used in surgery.
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3. (Naut.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in
upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
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4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling
cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
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5. (Print.) A cylinder coated with a composition made
principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of
type are inked previously to taking an impression from
them. --W. Savage.
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6. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the
roller of a map.
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7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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8. (Zool.) Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf
roller. see Tortrix.
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9. [CF. F. rollier.] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of
Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The
name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or
"tumbling" in flight.
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Note: Many of the species are brilliantly colored. The common
European species (Coracias garrula) has the head,
neck, and under parts light blue varied with green, the
scapulars chestnut brown, and the tail blue, green, and
black. The broad-billed rollers of India and Africa
belong to the genus Eurystomus, as the oriental
roller (Eurystomus orientalis), and the Australian
roller, or dollar bird (Eurystomus Pacificus). The
latter is dark brown on the head and neck, sea green on
the back, and bright blue on the throat, base of the
tail, and parts of the wings. It has a silvery-white
spot on the middle of each wing. The {lilac-breasted
roller} of Africa is Corcia caudata caudata, a
brightly colored bird of the family Corciidae having
malachite green, blue, purple-lilac, brown and
sea-green feathers from head to tail; it is a popular
sight with tourists in Africa.
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Ficus Carica
(gcide) | Fig \Fig\ (f[i^]g), 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.
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2. The fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong
shape, and of various colors.
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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.
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3. A small piece of tobacco. [U.S.]
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4. The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used
in scorn or contempt. "A fig for Peter." --Shak.
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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 (Zool.), 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.
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Ficus elastica
(gcide) | India \In"di*a\, n. [See Indian.]
A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and
Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or
Hindostan.
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India ink, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from
China, used for water colors. It is in rolls, or in
square, and consists of lampblack or ivory black and
animal glue. Called also China ink. The true India ink
is sepia. See Sepia.
India matting, floor matting made in China, India, etc.,
from grass and reeds; -- also called Canton matting or
China matting.
India paper, a variety of Chinese paper, of smooth but not
glossy surface, used for printing from engravings,
woodcuts, etc.
India proof (Engraving), a proof impression from an
engraved plate, taken on India paper.
India rubber. See Caoutchouc.
India-rubber tree (Bot.), any tree yielding caoutchouc, but
especially the East Indian Ficus elastica, often
cultivated for its large, shining, elliptical leaves.
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Ficus Indica
(gcide) | Banyan \Ban"yan\ (b[a^]n"yan or b[a^]n*y[a^]n"), n. [See
Banian.] (Bot.)
A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the
Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to
the ground, which take root and become additional trunks,
until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is
able to shelter thousands of men.
[1913 Webster]Bo tree \Bo" tree`\ (Bot.)
The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under
which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and
so to have become Buddha.
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The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists ({Ficus
religiosa}), which is planted close to every temple,
and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of
the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its
branches. --Tennent.
[1913 Webster]Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
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Note: Ficus Indica is the banyan tree; F. religiosa, the
peepul tree; F. elastica, the India-rubber tree.
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Ficus religiosa
(gcide) | peepul \pee"pul\ (p[=e]"p[u^]l), Peepul tree \Pee"pul
tree`\(p[=e]"p[u^]l tr[=e]`). [Hind. p[imac]pal, Skr. pippala.]
(Bot.)
A sacred tree (Ficus religiosa) of the Buddhists, a kind of
fig tree which attains great size and venerable age; it lacks
the prop roots of the banyan. See Bo tree. [Written also
pippul tree, and pipal tree.]
Syn: pipal, peepul, peepul tree, pipal tree, pipul, sacred
fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa.
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The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at
Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under
which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and
so to have become Buddha.
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The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists ({Ficus
religiosa}), which is planted close to every temple,
and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of
the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan
(Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its
branches. --Tennent.
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Ficus Sycamorus
(gcide) | Daroo \Da*roo"\ (d[.a]*r[=oo]"), n. (Bot.)
The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.
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Ficus Sycomorus
(gcide) | Sycamore \Syc"a*more\, n. [L. sycomorus, Gr. ? the fig mulberry;
? a fig + ? the black mulberry; or perhaps of Semitic origin:
cf. F. sycomore. Cf. Mulberry.] (Bot.)
(a) A large tree (Ficus Sycomorus) allied to the common
fig. It is found in Egypt and Syria, and is the sycamore,
or sycamine, of Scripture.
(b) The American plane tree, or buttonwood.
(c) A large European species of maple ({Acer
Pseudo-Platanus}). [Written sometimes sycomore.]
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Opuntia Ficus-Indica
(gcide) | Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
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Prickly heat (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
hot weather.
Prickly pear (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
cactaceous genus Opuntia, American plants consisting of
fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
Opuntia vulgaris. In the South and West are many others,
and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {Opuntia
vulgaris}, Opuntia Ficus-Indica, and Opuntia Tuna are
abundantly introduced in the Mediterranean region, and
Opuntia Dillenii has become common in India.
Prickly pole (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
of long black prickles.
Prickly withe (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
(Cereus triangularis) having prickly, slender, climbing,
triangular stems.
Prickly rat (Zool.), any one of several species of South
American burrowing rodents belonging to Ctenomys and
allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
spines.
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Thaleichthys Pacificus
(gcide) | Candlefish \Can"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the
smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also
eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be
used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it.
(b) The beshow.
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ficus
(wn) | Ficus
n 1: large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
including fig trees [syn: Ficus, genus Ficus] |
ficus aurea
(wn) | Ficus aurea
n 1: a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West
Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many
thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas [syn:
golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig,
wild fig, Ficus aurea] |
ficus bengalensis
(wn) | Ficus bengalensis
n 1: East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down
into the soil forming additional trunks [syn: banyan,
banyan tree, banian, banian tree, Indian banyan,
East Indian fig tree, Ficus bengalensis] |
ficus carica
(wn) | Ficus carica
n 1: Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
[syn: fig, common fig, common fig tree, {Ficus
carica}] |
ficus carica sylvestris
(wn) | Ficus carica sylvestris
n 1: wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate
pollination of certain figs [syn: caprifig, {Ficus carica
sylvestris}] |
ficus deltoidea
(wn) | Ficus deltoidea
n 1: shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having
foliage like mistletoe [syn: mistletoe fig, {mistletoe
rubber plant}, Ficus diversifolia, Ficus deltoidea] |
ficus diversifolia
(wn) | Ficus diversifolia
n 1: shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having
foliage like mistletoe [syn: mistletoe fig, {mistletoe
rubber plant}, Ficus diversifolia, Ficus deltoidea] |
ficus elastica
(wn) | Ficus elastica
n 1: large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a
houseplant; source of Assam rubber [syn: {India-rubber
tree}, India-rubber plant, India-rubber fig, {rubber
plant}, Assam rubber, Ficus elastica] |
ficus religiosa
(wn) | Ficus religiosa
n 1: fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks
the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by
Buddhists [syn: pipal, pipal tree, pipul, peepul,
sacred fig, bo tree, Ficus religiosa] |
ficus rubiginosa
(wn) | Ficus rubiginosa
n 1: Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for
ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood [syn:
Port Jackson fig, rusty rig, little-leaf fig, {Botany
Bay fig}, Ficus rubiginosa] |
ficus sycomorus
(wn) | Ficus sycomorus
n 1: thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent
southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising
from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but
inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical
sycamore [syn: sycamore, sycamore fig, mulberry fig,
Ficus sycomorus] |
genus ficus
(wn) | genus Ficus
n 1: large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
including fig trees [syn: Ficus, genus Ficus] |
ixodes pacificus
(wn) | Ixodes pacificus
n 1: a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites
humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United
States especially northern California [syn: {Ixodes
pacificus}, western black-legged tick] |
lobotes pacificus
(wn) | Lobotes pacificus
n 1: tripletail found in the Pacific [syn: Pacific tripletail,
Lobotes pacificus] |
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