caprifig

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/ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡ/

noun

A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.

Similar
Ficus carica sylvestris
OriginLatin caprifīcus →
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Meanings

nouncaprifig (plural caprifigs)

plural caprifigs

  1. A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounwild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs

Similar
Ficus carica sylvestris
Broader
figcommon figcommon fig tree

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincaprifīcus
  2. Latincaprifīcus
  3. Englishcaprifig

Borrowed from Latin caprifīcus.

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APA

caprifig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caprifig

MLA

“caprifig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caprifig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caprifig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caprifig.

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