CAPRIFIG

Meaning of CAPRIFIG in English

[cap.ri.fig] n [ME caprifige, part trans. of L caprificus, fr. capr-, caper goat + ficus fig--more at fig] (15c): a wild fig (Ficus carica sylvestris) of southern Europe and Asia Minor used for caprification of the edible fig; also: its fruit

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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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CAPRIFIG — ˈkaprəˌfig noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus 1. : a wild fig ( …
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CAPRIFIG — /kap"reuh fig'/ , n. 1. the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible …
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CAPRIFIG — noun Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus, from capr-, caper goat + ficus fig — more at …
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CAPRIFIG — каприфига
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CAPRIFIG — каприфига
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CAPRIFIG — Pronunciation: ' ka-pr ə - ˌ fig Function: noun Etymology: Middle English caprifige, part translation of Latin caprificus, from capr-, …
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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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CAPRIFICATION — noun Etymology: Latin ~-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by ~, from caprificus Date: 1601 artificial pollination of figs that …
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WILD FIG — noun 1. : caprifig 2. : any of several wild plants of the genus Ficus native to Florida (as F. …
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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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MAMMONI — ˈmäməˌnē noun ( plural mammoni or mammonis ) Etymology: Italian dialect, plural of mammone, literally, large breast, aug. of mamma …
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MAMME — ˈmämā noun ( plural mamme or mammes ) Etymology: Italian dialect, plural of mamma, literally, breast, from Latin; from the …
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GOAT FIG — noun : any of several wild figs ; especially : caprifig
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GALL FIG — noun Etymology: gall (IV) ; from the fact that the fig wasp develops in galls produced in these figs : …
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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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CAPRIFICATION — ˌkaprəfə̇ˈkāshən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificatus, past participle of caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, …
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WILD FIG — the caprifig. [ 1700-10 ]
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FIG WASP — Date: 1883 : a minute wasp ( Blastophaga psenes of the family Agaontidae) that breeds in the caprifig and is …
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CAPRIFICATION — noun Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus Date: 1601 : artificial pollination of figs …
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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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CAPRIFICATION — [cap.ri.fi.ca.tion] n [L caprification-, caprificatio, fr. caprificare to pollinate by caprification, fr. caprificus] (1601): artificial pollination of figs that usu. …
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FIG WASP — ( familyAgaonidae ) also called fig insect any of about 900 species of tiny wasps responsible for pollinating the world's …
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FIG — plant of the genus Ficus, of the mulberry family (Moraceae), especially Ficus carica, the common fig. Ficus carica, which yields …
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КАПРИФИГА — caprifig
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