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cap·ri·fig
/
ˈkæp
rəˌfɪg
/
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[
kap
-r
uh
-fig
]
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noun
1.
the wild fig,
Ficus carica,
bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
2.
the fruit itself.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
<
Latin
caprifīcus
the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to
capri-
capri
+
fīcus
fig
1
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caprifig
(ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ)
—
n
a wild variety of fig,
Ficus carica sylvestris,
of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
[C15: from Latin
caprifīcus
literally: goat fig, from
caper
goat +
fīcus
fig
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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