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Noun: fig  fig
  1. A diagram or picture illustrating textual material
    "the area covered can be seen from fig 2";
    - figure
     
  2. Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
    - common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica
     
  3. Fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
Noun: FIG
  1. A Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi
    - Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya, Libyan Fighting Group, Libyan Islamic Group

Derived forms: figs

Type of: edible fruit, fig tree, foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, illustration, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization

Encyclopedia: Fig, North Carolina

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