Moreton Bay fig

English

Noun

Moreton Bay fig (plural Moreton Bay figs)

1. An Australian banyan tree grown in milder climates for its large size and beautiful form, Ficus macrophylla.
   • 1984, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 6:

     The key colour is green, and of a particular density: the green of mangroves along the riverbanks, of Moreton Bay figs, of the big trees that are natives of this corner of Queensland, the shapely hoop-pines and bunyas that still dominate the skyline along every river.