[kap-ruh-fig] 
| 1. | the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig. |
| 2. | the fruit itself. |
| cap·ri·fig (kāp'rə-fĭg') n. A wild variety of Mediterranean fig (Ficus carica var. sylvestris) used in the caprification of certain edible figs. [Middle English, from Latin caprifīcus (influenced by Middle English fig, fig) : caper, capr-, goat + fīcus, fig; see fig1.] |