Fig vs Olive - What's the difference?
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A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
A small piece of tobacco.
The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To put into the head of, as something useless or contemptible.
To move suddenly or quickly; rove about.
An evergreen tree, , cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and the oil obtained from it.
The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
The wood of the olive tree.
A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
(anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed during fastening to provide a seal.
(cookery) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
Any shell of the genus and allied genera; so called from the shape.
(UK, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
As a noun fig
is fig.As a proper noun olive is
.fig
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fige, fygge (also fyke, from (etyl) )Andreas Franz and Wilhelm Schimper, Plant Geography Upon a Physiological Basis , volume 2 (Berlin: Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1902), page 100. Another (etyl) root (compare (etyl) ; whence (etyl) sycophant.Noun
(en noun)- I'll pledge you all; and a fig for Peter!
Derived terms
* caprifig * fig leaf * figgy * figtree * not give a figVerb
(figg)- When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
External links
* ("fig" on Wikipedia) * (pedia) * (Ficus)Etymology 2
Variation of fike.Verb
(figg)Etymology 3
Alternative forms
*References
Anagrams
* ----olive
English
(wikipedia olive)Noun
(en noun)- a beef olive
- olives of veal