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caprifig — [kap′rə fig΄] n. [< L caprificus, wild fig < caper (see CAPRIOLE) + ficus, fig] the wild fig (Ficus carica var. sylvestris) growing mainly in S Europe and the Near East and used in caprification … English World dictionary
caprifig — noun Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus, from capr , caper goat + ficus fig more at fig Date: 15th century a wild fig (Ficus carica sylvestris) of southern Europe and southwestern Asia used for caprification … New Collegiate Dictionary
caprifig — /kap reuh fig /, n. 1. the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig. 2. the fruit itself. [1350 1400; ME < L caprificus the wild fig tree, lit., the goat fig, equiv. to capri CAPRI + ficus FIG1] * *… … Universalium
caprifig — cap·ri·fig … English syllables
caprifig — cap•ri•fig [[t]ˈkæp rəˌfɪg[/t]] n. pln the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L caprifīcus lit., the goat fig =capri (see Capricorn) +fīcus fig I … From formal English to slang
caprifig — n. wild fig … Dictionary of difficult words
caprifig — noun wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs • Syn: ↑Ficus carica sylvestris • Hypernyms: ↑fig, ↑common fig, ↑common fig tree, ↑Ficus carica … Useful english dictionary
caprification — [kap΄rə fi kā′shən] n. 〚L caprificatio, fertilization of figs by the pollination of the gall wasp < caprificare, to fertilize figs (by this process) < caprificus: see CAPRIFIG〛 the pollination of certain cultivated figs through the transfer to… … Universalium
wild fig — noun 1. a West Indies clusia having fig shaped fruit • Syn: ↑Clusia flava • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Clusia 2. a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick… … Useful english dictionary
Ficus — Taxobox name = Ficus image width = 240px image caption = Sycamore Fig, Ficus sycomorus regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida subclassis = Rosidae unranked ordo = Eurosids I ordo = Rosales familia = Moraceae genus =… … Wikipedia
