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MSN Encarta - Fig Fig, common name for plants of a genus of the mulberry family, and for the fruits of these plants. The small flowers of the fig plant are borne on the inner surface of a fleshy, hollow organ called a receptacle, and the fruit is the result of further growth of the receptacle. The common commercial fig is classified as Ficus carica, the sycamore fig as ficus sycomorus, and the pipal, or sacred fig, as Ficus religiosa. encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761565352   (517 words)

fig Plants of the fig family may range in size from small shrubs to trees reaching 40 m/130 ft or more. carica is dependent on the fig wasp for pollination, and the wasp in turn is parasitic on the flowers. The edible fig originated in western Asia and has been cultivated for at least 6,000 years. www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019700.html   (285 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - fig wasp Fig, common name for plants of a genus of the mulberry family, and for the fruits of these plants. MSN Encarta - Search Results - fig wasp Wasp, common name applied to most species of hymenopteran insects (Hymenoptera), except bees and ants. encarta.msn.com /fig+wasp.html   (88 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hottentot fig Fig, common name for plants of a genus of the mulberry family, and for the fruits of these plants. MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hottentot fig Khoikhoi, a nomadic people, who inhabited what is now southern and western South Africa, when this region was colonized by European settlers in the... ca.encarta.msn.com /Hottentot_fig.html   (88 words)

Strangler Fig Tree Description: The Strangler Fig is a member of the mulberry family (family Moraceae) which includes trees and shrubs, sometimes herbs, with white sap or latex usually present and often abundant. About 1400 species mostly in tropical and subtropical areas, a few in temperate regions; 5 native and 3 naturalized tree species. pantscandy.users1.50megs.com /stranglerfig.htm   (161 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Fig Fig, common name for plants of a genus of the mulberry family, and for the fruits of these plants. Liberty (quotations): Liberty: A fig for those by… au.encarta.msn.com /Fig.html   (73 words)

RFN2001AllYr.txt The fig (Ficus) is a very unique genus in the mulberry family with a special kind of multiple fruit called a syconium. I have planted some figs, it is summer and their leaves either droop or fall off, and only start growing a month later, how can this be remedied? The wood of osage orange was highly prized by the Osage Indians of Arkansas and Missouri for bows. www.rarefruit.com /RFN2001AllYr.txt   (73 words)

Bird's Favorite Plants Northern Cardinal: Maple, paper mulberry, French mulberry, ironwood, hackberry, fringetree, camphor tree, flowering dogwood, hawthorn, common fig, ash, huckleberry, privet, sweet gum, Southern magnolia, red mulberry, American hop hornbeam, pine, black cherry, devil’s walking stick, bittersweet, sunflower, firebush, lantana, pyracantha, rose, blackberry, and dewberry. Red-bellied Woodpecker: Pine, oak, red mulberry, flowering dogwood, maple, common fig, crabapple, black gum, American beech, American elm, bayberry, elderberry, sunflower, holly, Virginia creeper, pokeberry, grape, and blueberry. Brown Thrasher: Red chokeberry, paper mulberry, flowering dogwood, rough-leaf dogwood, common fig, cedar, Southern magnolia, red mulberry, Southern wax myrtle, black gum, pines, black cherry, devil’s walking stick, serviceberry, holly, juniper, leatherleaf mahonia, Northern bayberry, Virginia creeper, pokeberry, wild plum, pyracantha, and blueberry. www.wildlifehabitatdesign.com /bird_favorite_plants.htm   (73 words)

Bird's Favorite Plants Northern Cardinal: Maple, paper mulberry, French mulberry, ironwood, hackberry, fringetree, camphor tree, flowering dogwood, hawthorn, common fig, ash, huckleberry, privet, sweet gum, Southern magnolia, red mulberry, American hop hornbeam, pine, black cherry, devil’s walking stick, bittersweet, sunflower, firebush, lantana, pyracantha, rose, blackberry, and dewberry. Mockingbird: Hackberry, mulberry, flowering dogwood, bayberry, elderberry, sumac, and serviceberry. Tufted Titmouse: American beech, crabapple, red mulberry, black gum, hackberry, oaks, blackberry, dewberry, bayberry, elderberry, serviceberry, Virginia creeper, and grape. www.wildlifehabitatdesign.com /bird_favorite_plants.htm   (73 words)

ipedia.com: Sycamore Article The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, of the Middle East and eastern Africa. The sycamore of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mul... Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. www.ipedia.com /sycamore.html   (222 words)

Moraceae --  Encyclopædia Britannica (Ficus benghalensis, or F. indica), unusually shaped tree of the fig genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae) native to tropical Asia. Old fustic, or yellowwood, is derived from the heartwood of dyer's mulberry, a large, tropical American tree (Chlorophora tinctoria, or Maclura tinctoria) of the mulberry family, Moraceae. Older authorities included the two genera, Cannabis and Humulus, in the mulberry family (Moraceae). www.britannica.com /eb/article-9053649?tocId=9053649   (524 words)

Encyclopedia: List of fruits Genera Antiaris Artocarpus - Breadfruit, Jackfruit Brosimum Broussonetia - Paper Mulberry Castilloa Cecropia Chlorophora Dorstenia Ficus - Fig, Banyan Maclura - Osage-orange Morus - Mulberry Musanga Pseudolmedia Streblus Treculia The flowering plant family Moraceae (Mulberry family) comprises some 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common... Species See text Mulberry (Morus) is a genus of 10–16 species of deciduous trees native to warm temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa and North America, with the majority of the species native to Asia. Binomial name Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg The Breadfruit is a tree and fruit native to the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean islands. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-fruits   (8713 words)

Medieval Botanica: Mythical Plants of the Middle Ages The fig tree has a leaf very similar to that of a mulberry tree, and over the years the two Greek words for fig and mulberry (sycos and moros) united to form the name sycamore. The Assyrians depicted the tree of life as a Date tree, and since they artificially pollinated their date trees to produce a greater amount of fruit, to them it was not only a source of food but a symbol of conception. To the Druids, the tree of life was the Oak, due to its age and the fact that it was the host for mistletoe, their most sacred plant. www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/andrew.cmu.edu/org/Medieval/www/src/contributed/yapm97a@prodigy.com/plants.html   (8713 words)

Sycamine tree -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article It is rendered by Luther " (Any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry) mulberry tree", which is most probably the correct rendering. It is in the same ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera) family as the (Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit) fig-tree. It is found of two species, the black mulberry ((Type genus of the Moraceae: mulberries) Morus nigra) and the white mulberry (Mourea), which are common in Palestine. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sy/sycamine_tree.htm   (181 words)

Nieuwe boeken Bibliotheek Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging Keywords: Lepidoptera; Heterocera; Oriental Region; Malesia pp 281-486; 461 fig; 8 col pl; paperback => 18243 Holloway JD, Kibby G, Peggie D, Carter DJ & Miller SE, 2001 The families of Malesian moths and butterflies. Keywords: Oriental Region Ex: monografie, museo regionale di science naturali torino 27 pp 638; 464 fig; hard back; partly (keys) also in English => 18089 Platnick NI, 2000 A relimitation and revision of the Australasian ground spider family Lamponidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea). Genetics and breeding of mulberry and silkworm, silkworm seed technology aand silk technology. www.science.uva.nl /library/NEV/nl/Aw011201.htm   (17928 words)

Sycamore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a species of fig, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa. Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The sycamores of North America are members of the genus Platanus. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sycamore   (185 words)

MSN Encarta - Search Results - India rubber Rubber Plant, attractive tree, a member of the mulberry family, grown as a houseplant in its juvenile state. Another species of fig, the sycamore fig, is a taller tree that also bears edible fruit. Rubber : sources of natural rubber: India rubber tree encarta.msn.com /India+rubber.html   (185 words)

Exotissimo Newsletter - Myanmar Page A member of the mulberry family, the fig starts out as a seed that is dispersed in the waste of fig-eating animals on trees of the forest or on the roofs of the temple buildings. Built by King Jayavarman VII to honour his mother, Ta Prohm encompasses one hectare of land, while its protective moat and outer wall cover an area of almost 60 hectares, its boundaries now only recognisable by a stone tower in the west. It was in the year 1186 that the city of Angkor saw the completion of one of its greatest temples, Ta Prohm. www.exotissimo.com /exonewsletter/Issue15/cambodia.htm   (352 words)

Sycamore The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, of the Middle East and eastern Africa. Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The sycamore in Britain and Ireland is a Europe an maple tree, Acer pseudoplatanus, also called Sycamore maple. www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Sycamore.html   (352 words)

Sycamore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a species of fig, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, native to the Middle East and eastern Africa. Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The sycamore in Britain and Ireland is a European maple tree, Acer pseudoplatanus, also called Sycamore Maple. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sycamore   (185 words)

Moraceae Included are well-known plants like the fig, banyan, breadfruit, mulberry, and rubber plant. The flowering plant Family Moraceae (Mulberry family) comprises some 40 genera and over 1000 species of plants widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less common in temperate climates. www.theezine.net /m/moraceae.html   (59 words)

Meditation 176 - Mountains, mustard seeds, and sycamore trees A sycamine tree is not a sycamore, but a black mulberry, and mulberry tree can be found as a translation in some newer versions, as can fig tree in others. If you had faith as large as this sycamine tree, or even as great as that mountain, you could say to this mustard seed, fly into the ocean, and it would ignore you. And in the real world, we do not see trees voluntarily removing their roots from the ground and either marching off to battle or heading down to the ocean for a dip. www.apatheticagnostic.com /articles/meds/med09/med176.html   (551 words)

luke19 This sycomore tree is not the same as the sycamine tree named in Luke 17:6, for the sycamine was the black mulberry tree. On the trunk of this sycamore tree grew an fig, and that is why it was also called the Egyptian fig tree. This sycamore tree was not as the sycamore trees of today, but it had large heart shaped leaves and was used for shade for those passing by. www.theseason.org /luke/luke19.htm   (7835 words)

Ficus --  Encyclopædia Britannica (Ficus benghalensis, or F. indica), unusually shaped tree of the fig genus in the mulberry family (Moraceae) native to tropical Asia. Some elements of the religious life of current and past folk religions—notably sacred animals, sacred trees, especially the pipal (Ficus religiosa), and the use of small figurines for cult purposes—are found in all parts of India and may have been borrowed from pre-Aryan civilizations. The common fig (Ficus carica) is cultivated for its pear-shaped, edible fruits, which… www.britannica.com /eb/article-9034185?tocId=9034185   (7835 words)

sycamore The sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible is a fig tree, Ficus sycomorus or fig-mulberry, of the Middle East and eastern Africa. Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. The sycamore of England is a European maple tree, Acer pseudoplatanus. www.fact-library.com /sycamore.html   (150 words)

Dictionary sycamore , sycamore fig, mulberry fig, Ficus sycomorus -- thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore , lacewood -- variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree , great maple, scottish maple, Acer pseudoplatanus -- Eurasian maple tree with pale gray bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn www.dictionarydefinition.net /sycamore.html   (127 words)

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