noun
- a tropical or subtropical tree (Ficus carica) that produces edible figs and has large lobed leaves
Usage: commonly cultivated in Mediterranean regions
Examples
- The fig tree in our backyard produces sweet fruit every summer.
- Fig trees thrive in warm, sunny climates.
- She sat beneath the shade of an old fig tree.
- The farmer harvested ripe figs from the mature fig tree.
- Fig trees have been cultivated for thousands of years in the Mediterranean.