a method of artificial pollination of fig trees by wasps that prick the buds on branches of the caprifig that have been hung in trees of the edible fig.
a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers
[C17: from Latin caprifīcātiō, from caprifīcāre to pollinate figs by this method, from caprifīcuscaprifig]
