sycamore fig

1. 1.

   thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore

   Synonymssycamoremulberry figFicus sycomorus

   Broaderfig tree

   Part ofFicus

Questions about sycamore fig

What does sycamore fig mean?

sycamore fig means "thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the biblical sycamore".

What is another word for sycamore fig?

Close synonyms include sycamore, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus. 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 sycamore fig a common word?

sycamore 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.