fig

/fɪɡ/
noun
  1. A soft, sweet fruit with many small seeds, often eaten fresh or dried, and commonly purple, green, or brown.
    • The farmer's market had baskets of ripe figs from the local orchard.
    • She sliced a fresh fig and added it to her yogurt.
    • Dried figs make a healthy and chewy snack.
  2. The tree that produces figs, with broad leaves and a spreading canopy.
    • Figs need warm weather and plenty of sun to thrive.
    • He planted a fig sapling and waited several years for it to bear fruit.
    • An old fig tree grew in the corner of the garden.
  3. A very small amount or the least bit (used in negative expressions).
    • He didn't give a fig for the rules and did what he wanted.
    • She wouldn't pay a fig for that old, broken chair.
    • I don't care a fig about what they think.
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