Brewer's: Fig-tree

It is said that Judas hanged himself on a fig-tree. (See Elder-Tree.)

“Quæret aliquis qua ex arborë Judas se suspenderit? Arbor ficus fuisse dicitur.” —Barradius.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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