/ English Dictionary |
PORT JACKSON FIG
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
Synonyms:
Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig; Port Jackson fig; rusty rig
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Port Jackson 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)