dye fig

noun

Ficus tinctoria, a species of fig tree.

Origintranslingual Ficus tinctoria →
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Meanings

noundye fig (plural dye figs)

plural dye figs

  1. Ficus tinctoria, a species of fig tree.

Origin

  1. translingualFicus tinctoria
  2. Englishdye fig

Calque of translingual Ficus tinctoria (literally “dyeing-fig”). By surface analysis, dye + fig.

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APA

dye fig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dye%20fig

MLA

“dye fig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dye%20fig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dye fig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dye%20fig.

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