golden fig

1. 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

   SynonymsFlorida strangler figstrangler figwild figFicus aurea

   Broaderfig tree

   Part ofFicus

Questions about golden fig

What does golden fig mean?

golden fig means "a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas".

What is another word for golden fig?

Close synonyms include Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, wild fig, Ficus aurea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is golden fig a common word?

golden fig is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.