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fig
fig /fɪɡ/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1200-1300
 Language: Old French
 Origin: figue, from Latin ficus

1. a soft sweet fruit with a lot of small seeds, often eaten dried, or the tree on which this fruit grows
2. not give a fig/not care a fig (about/for something/somebody) old-fashioned informal to not be at all concerned about or interested in something or someone