cap|ri|fig

cap|ri|fig
cap|ri|fig «KAP ruh fihg», noun.
a wild fig of the Mediterranean region and southern United States, the male form of the common fig. Its fruit is usually not edible but its pollen, by means of caprification, makes the cultivated fig fruitful.
[< Latin caprifīcus wild fig; (literally) goat fig]

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