caprifig

[ kap-ruh-fig ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
the fruit itself.

caprifig

/ ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ /

a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin caprifīcus the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to capri- capri- ( def ) + ficus fig ¹

C15: from Latin caprifīcus literally: goat fig, from caper goat + fīcus fig ¹

The one (caprifig) produces only male or pollen-yielding flowers.

Then they brought in the wild Caprifig from Smyrna and planted it side by side with the Smyrna figs, but still with no result.

Inside the caprifig are the grubs of the fig-wasp, which rejoice in the name of Blastophaga grossorum.

At the same time she covers the ordinary flowers with pollen from the caprifig.

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