BOTANY BAY FIG

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Botany Bay 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)

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