This word is from the Spanish higuera.
higera
fig (tree)
fig (tree)
punong higera
fig tree
fig tree
isang puno ng higera
a fig tree
higerang kutad
barren fig tree
scientific name:
Ficus carica
With the Spanish colonial period having ended more than a hundred years ago, very few Filipinos recognize this word these days, but it appears in the Philippine literary classic Florante at Laura.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
igéra: punongkahoy na nagpapalit ng mga dahon taon-taon, at namumunga ng prutas na maliit, malambot, hugis peras, at maraming butó
