Cochineal fig

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• Cochineal

  ·- A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mex...

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• ·fig.

  (abbreviation) figuratively ...

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• Fig

  ·noun Figure; dress; array. II. Fig ·noun A small piece of tobacco. III. Fig ·noun To put into the...

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• Fig

  First mentioned in Gen. 3:7. The fig-tree is mentioned (Deut. 8:8) as one of the valuable products o...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• fig

  , or full fig. In best clothes. Full dress. ...

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• Fig, Fig Tree

  The fig tree (Ficus carica) is very common in Palestine. (8:8) Mount Olivet was famous for its fig t...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Fig-shell

  ·noun A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form. ...

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• split fig

  A grocer. ...

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• weeping fig

  See benjamin-tree ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• fig-bird

  n. a bird-name. Sphecotheres maxillaris, Lath.; Yellow bellied, S. flaviventris, Gould. S. maxillar...

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• fig-eater

  n. a bird, i.q. grape-eater (q.v.). ...

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• fig-tree

  n. The name is applied inAustralia to the following species: – – Blue Fig – – Elaeocarpus grandis, ...

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• purple fig

  n. See under fig-tree. ...

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• ribbed fig

  n. See fig-tree. ...

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• rough fig

  n. See under fig-tree. ...

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• rusty fig

  n. See under fig-tree. ...

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• full fig

  See fig ...

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• Fig Tree Court

  1) South out of Barbican, in Cripplegate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831). "Fig-tree Alley...

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• Leichhardt's clustered-fig

  ,n. i.q. Clustered Fig. See fig-tree. ...

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• moreton-bay fig

  n. See fig-tree. ...

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• Port-Jackson Fig

  n. See fig-tree. ...

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• rough-leaved fig

  n. See under fig-tree. ...

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• Fig Tree Alley, Barbican

  See Fig Tree Court. ...

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