Definition of Caprified

1. caprify [v] - See also: caprify

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprified

capric
capric acid
capricci
capriccio
capriccios
capriccioso
caprice
caprices
capricious
capriciously
capriciousness
caprid
caprids
caprification
caprifications
caprified (current term)
caprifies
caprifig
caprifigs
caprifole
caprifoles
caprifoliaceous
capriform
caprify
caprigenous
capriloquism
caprimulgid
caprimulgiform bird
caprin
caprine

Literary usage of Caprified

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1909)
"I have gathered recently about sixty varieties of seeds from the London horticultural collection, and a large number of those had not been caprified; ..."

2. Biennial Report by California State Board of Horticulture (1892)
"The Smyrna figs that were caprified, that is, that had the pollen put in ... ARTIFICIALLY caprified FIGS. Mr. Shinn then exhibited three figs which were ..."

3. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke, Benjamin Franklin Collection (Library of Congress), John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress) (1793)
"... to dry the caprified figs; they require that of an oven, which gives them a dif- agreeable flavour. ..."

4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1766)
"... fince the flowers for the fake of food. caprified figs are never fo good as ... dry the caprified figs; 251b. of ripe figs and lit for dry- they require ..."

5. Journal by California Legislature (1893)
"But of this variety I will only state two things, not to fall into lengthy repetitions: First, that the caprified trees lose also a great quantity of their ..."

6. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"... surpassing those that arc not caprified in plumpness, juiciness, and flavor. Geitonogamy. — General remarks. — In spite of the numerous and remarkable ..."

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