fig

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Enter Digby, a handsome, quick-witted and wealthy enigma who smells faintly of fig.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Djokovic is well known for his sometimes unusual preparations, which include hugging a Brazilian fig tree in the nearby botanical gardens.

From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026

The fruits that chimps consume most frequently at each site, a fig called Ficus musuco at Ngogo and the plum like fruit of the evergreen Parinari excelsa at Taï, were also the most alcohol rich.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025

We were approaching Point Fermin, where Meals pointed out the serene magnificence of a Moreton Bay fig tree that threw an acre of shade and cooled a refreshing salt-air breeze.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

Its reddish brown back, marked by pale stripes, lay toward her, and one of the large, cuplike ears was silhouetted against the pale trunk of the fig.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer