waringin

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noun

Synonym of weeping fig (“tree Ficus benjamina”).

Similar
weeping fig
OriginJavanese ꦮꦫꦶꦔꦶꦤ꧀ →
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Meanings

nounwaringin (plural waringins)

plural waringins

  1. Synonym of weeping fig (“tree Ficus benjamina”).

    And they encamped under the tall Waringin-trees that border all the roads about Mataram, and with blazing fires frighted away the ghouls and evil spirits that nightly haunt the gloomy avenues.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 281

    Synonyms: weeping fig

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of weeping fig (“tree Ficus benjamina”).

Similar
weeping fig

Origin

  1. Javaneseꦮꦫꦶꦔꦶꦤ꧀
  2. Englishwaringin

Borrowed from Javanese ꦮꦫꦶꦔꦶꦤ꧀ (waringin).

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APA

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

MLA

“waringin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waringin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “waringin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/waringin.

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