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GOLDEN FIG
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
Synonyms:
Ficus aurea; Florida strangler fig; golden fig; strangler fig; wild fig
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("golden fig" is a kind of...):
fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)
Holonyms ("golden fig" is a member of...):
Ficus; genus Ficus (large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers including fig trees)