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Noun: wild fig  wI(-u)ld fig
  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
    "The wild fig had completely enveloped its host tree";
    - golden fig, Florida strangler fig, strangler fig, Ficus aurea
     
  2. A West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit
    "Wild figs grew abundantly on the Caribbean island";
    - Clusia flava

Derived forms: wild figs

Type of: fig tree, tree

Part of: Ficus, genus Clusia, genus Ficus