caprifig

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡ/

Word forms

caprifig caprifigs

Etymology

From Latin caprifīcus.

Related words

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