wild fig

noun

1. the caprifig.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild fig¹

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

The upside: two biblically prolific wild fig trees throwing off bushel after bushel of sweet and flavorful tiny yellow figs that we turned into salads, pizzas, sandwiches, sauces and ice creams.

From Wall Street Journal

A fruit bat gave a high pinging cry as it left the branches of a wild fig.

From Literature

There are roses and honeysuckles, wild figs and acacias; over all of which a thick cordage of various creepers twines in clusters.

From Project Gutenberg

Charybdis’ den lay under a rock crowned with a single wild fig tree; and three times daily she ingulfed the surrounding waters, drawing even large galleys into her capacious jaws.

From Project Gutenberg

So again they camped in the open, under a solitary wild fig tree, and the rain held off.

From Project Gutenberg