CAPRIFICATION


Meaning of CAPRIFICATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌka-prə-fə-ˈkā-shən ]

noun

Etymology: Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus

Date: 1601

: artificial pollination of figs that usually bear only pistillate flowers by hanging male flowering branches of the caprifig in the trees to facilitate pollen transfer by a fig wasp

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