noun
General Slang
fig
FIG · noun · informal
A banana
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In much of the Caribbean, a 'fig' refers to a banana (especially the small variety), not the Mediterranean fig fruit.
“Buy a hand of fig from the market for me.”
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fig In A Sentence
Buy a hand of fig from the market for me.
Origin & Usage
Pan-Caribbean; from the French Antilles usage 'figue'.
Variants
figue
People Also Ask
What does fig mean in the Caribbean?
In much of the Caribbean, 'fig' refers to a banana, especially the small sweet variety, not the Mediterranean fig.
Where does the Caribbean word fig come from?
It comes from the French Antilles usage 'figue', which was applied to bananas in the islands.
What is a 'hand of fig'?
A 'hand of fig' is a cluster or bunch of bananas, as they grow attached together on the stem.
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