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caprifig
[ kap-ruh-fig ]
noun
- the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
- the fruit itself.
caprifig
/ ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ /
noun
- a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caprifig1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin caprifīcus the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to capri- capri- ( def ) + ficus fig 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caprifig1
C15: from Latin caprifīcus literally: goat fig, from caper goat + fīcus fig 1
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Example Sentences
The one (caprifig) produces only male or pollen-yielding flowers.
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Then they brought in the wild Caprifig from Smyrna and planted it side by side with the Smyrna figs, but still with no result.
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Inside the caprifig are the grubs of the fig-wasp, which rejoice in the name of Blastophaga grossorum.
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At the same time she covers the ordinary flowers with pollen from the caprifig.
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