caprification
rə noun Horticulture.
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.
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| —n | |
| 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 caprifīcus | |
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