συκιά — meaning in English

English meaning

• fig noun A soft, sweet fruit full of tiny seeds, grown on trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus.
• fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.

Senses

συκιά is used for these senses in English:

• fig A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]
• fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]

fig — full definition

1. noun A soft, sweet fruit full of tiny seeds, grown on trees or shrubs of the genus Ficus.
2. noun The tree or shrub that produces this fruit.

fruit — full definition

1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
3. verb To produce fruit.

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