Ficus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Ficus
    n 1: large genus of tropical trees or shrubs or climbers
         including fig trees [syn: {Ficus}, {genus Ficus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ficus \Fi"cus\, n. [L., a fig.]
   A genus of trees or shrubs, one species of which ({F.
   Carica}) produces the figs of commerce; the fig tree.
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   Note: {Ficus Indica} is the banyan tree; {F. religiosa}, the
         peepul tree; {F. elastica}, the India-rubber tree.
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