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n. (communication) | 1. fig, figure | a diagram or picture illustrating textual material.; "the area covered can be seen from Figure 2" |
| ~ illustration | artwork that helps make something clear or attractive. |
n. (plant) | 2. common fig, common fig tree, ficus carica, fig | Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit. |
| ~ fig | fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried. |
| ~ fig tree | any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature. |
| ~ caprifig, ficus carica sylvestris | wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs. |
| ~ syconium | the fleshy multiple fruit of the fig consisting of an enlarged hollow receptacle containing numerous fruitlets. |
n. (group) | 3. al-jama'a al-islamiyyah al-muqatilah bi-libya, fig, libyan fighting group, libyan islamic fighting group, libyan islamic group | a Libyan terrorist group organized in 1995 and aligned with al-Qaeda; seeks to radicalize the Libyan government; attempted to assassinate Qaddafi. |
| ~ act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear. |
| ~ foreign terrorist organization, fto, terrorist group, terrorist organization | a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals. |
| ~ libya, socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya | a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum. |
n. (food) | 4. fig | fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried. |
| ~ edible fruit | edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh. |
| ~ common fig, common fig tree, ficus carica, fig | Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit. |
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