Ficus (/ËfaÉªkÉs/ or /ËfiËkÉs/) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.mong the more famous species are the sacred fig tree (Pipal, bodhi, bo, or po, Ficus religiosa) and the banyan fig (Ficus benghalensis). The oldest living plant of known planting date is a Ficus religiosa tree known as the Sri Maha Bodhi planted in the temple at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by King Tissa in 288 BCE.
past participle. n. 1. (Grammar) a participial form of verbs used to modify a noun that is logically the object of a verb, also used in certain compound tenses and passive forms of the verb in English and other languages.
Most often when people refer to participles, however, they are talking about a verbal(a verb acting as another part of speech). Participles are verbs that act as adjectives in the sentence. Remember that an adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. Present participles end in -ing. Past participles usually end in -ed, but there are many irregular past participles that end in -en.