CAPRIFICATION

Meaning of CAPRIFICATION in English

[cap.ri.fi.ca.tion] n [L caprification-, caprificatio, fr. caprificare to pollinate by caprification, fr. caprificus] (1601): artificial pollination of figs that usu. bear only pistillate flowers by hanging male flowering branches of the caprifig in the trees to facilitate pollen transfer by a wasp

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CAPRIFICATION — noun Etymology: Latin ~-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by ~, from caprificus Date: 1601 artificial pollination of figs that …
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CAPRIFICATION — ˌkaprəfə̇ˈkāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificatus, past participle of caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, …
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CAPRIFICATION — (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.
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CAPRIFICATION — ( n. ) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CAPRIFICATION — noun Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus Date: 1601 : artificial pollination of figs …
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CAPRIFICATION — noun the practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.
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CAPRIFICATION — капрификация
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CAPRIFICATION — капрификация
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CAPRIFICATION — Pronunciation: ˌ ka-pr ə -f ə - ' k ā -sh ə n Function: noun Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from …
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FIG WASP — noun Date: 1883 a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
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CAPRIFIG — noun see: fig Date: 15th century a wild fig ( Ficus carica sylvestris ) of southern Europe and southwestern Asia …
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SMYRNA FIG — noun Usage: usually capitalized S : a fig originally grown near Smyrna that requires caprification in order to set fruit …
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PROFICHI — prōˈfēkē noun ( plural profichi or profichis ) Etymology: Italian, plural of profico caprifig, from Latin caproficus, alteration of caprificus …
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FIG WASP — noun : a minute insect ( Blastophaga psenes ) of the family Agaontidae that breeds in the caprifig and is …
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COMMON FIG — noun : a fig not requiring caprification in order to set fruit — compare smyrna fig
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CAPRIFY — ˈkaprəˌfī transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English caprifien, from Latin caprificare — more at caprification 1. : to …
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CAPRIFIG — ˈkaprəˌfig noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus 1. : a wild fig ( …
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CAPRIFICATE — ˈkaprəfə̇ˌkāt, kəˈprif- transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: back-formation from caprification : to subject to caprification
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ADRIATIC FIG — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a cultivated fig that does not mature the first crop without caprification
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SMYRNA FIG — a variety of the common fig, Ficus carica, that requires caprification in order to produce fruit.
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FIG WASP — Date: 1883 : a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAPRIFIG — noun Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus, from capr-, caper goat + ficus fig — more at …
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FIG WASP — [fig wasp] n (1883): a minute wasp (Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
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CAPRIFIG — [cap.ri.fig] n [ME caprifige, part trans. of L caprificus, fr. capr-, caper goat + ficus fig--more at fig] (15c): a …
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КАПРИФИКАЦИЯ — caprification
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