a small fruit tree (ficus carica) with large leaves, known from the remotest antiquity. it was probably native from syria westward to the canary islands.-the fruit of a fig tree, which is of round or oblong shape, and of various colors.-a small piece of tobacco.-the value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; -- used in scorn or contempt.-to insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. see fico.-to put into the head of, as something useless o/ contemptible.-figure; dress; array.