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RUSTY RIG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rusty rig mean?
• RUSTY RIG (noun)
The noun RUSTY RIG has 1 sense:
1. Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
Familiarity information: RUSTY RIG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Botany Bay fig; Ficus rubiginosa; little-leaf fig; Port Jackson fig; rusty rig
Hypernyms ("rusty rig" is a kind of...):
fig tree (any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature)
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