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Definition of Caprifig
1. Noun. Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
Generic synonyms: Common Fig, Common Fig Tree, Ficus Carica, Fig
Definition of Caprifig
1. Noun. A fig tree which produces both male and female flowers and is used to fertilize the female trees of the species. ¹
2. Noun. The accessory fruit of this tree, which is considered inedible by humans. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caprifig
1. a European tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caprifig
Literary usage of Caprifig
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Nature Publishing Group, Norman Lockyer (1883)
"Both the fig and caprifig produce three more or less distinct crops of fruit in the
... Each of these crops of fig and caprifig bears a distinctive name ..."
2. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1892)
"Does the caprifig fecundate the flower-heads of the domestic fig, and make them
remain on ... Does the caprifig hasten the maturity of the autumnal figs, ..."
3. Proceedings by American Pomological Society (1900)
"Moreover, Mr. Roeding 'had planted in the foothills of the mountains, some miles
away, other caprifig cuttings in order to simulate as nearly as possible ..."
4. Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life by Benjamin Charles Gruenberg (1919)
"Pollenation of the fig The larva of the little wasp Blastophaga passes the winter
in the sterile pistil,/!, of the winter fruit, a^, of the caprifig, ..."
5. Botany for High Schhools by George Francis Atkinson (1912)
"In the Mediterranean region where Smyrna figs are grown, the pollen for this
purpose comes from a wild fig called the caprifig, which is the staminate ..."
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