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caprifig
[ kap-ruh-fig ]
noun
- the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
- the fruit itself.
caprifig
/ ˈ°ìæ±è°ùɪˌ´Úɪɡ /
noun
- a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of caprifig1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ³¦²¹±è°ù¾±´ÚÄ«³¦³Ü²õ the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to capri- capri- ( def ) + ficus fig 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of caprifig1
C15: from Latin ³¦²¹±è°ù¾±´ÚÄ«³¦³Ü²õ literally: goat fig, from caper goat + ´ÚÄ«³¦³Ü²õ fig 1
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