INDIAN FIG


Meaning of INDIAN FIG in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized I

Etymology: indian (II) 1

1. : banyan

2.

[ indian (II) 2]

a. : any of several plants of the genus Opuntia: as

(1) : a tropical American prickly pear ( Opuntia ficus-indica )

(2) : an eastern No. American prickly pear ( Opuntia compressa )

b. : the edible acid fruit of one of these plants

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