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caprifig

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡ/

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Ficus carica sylvestris

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fig, common fig, common fig tree, Ficus carica

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caprifīcus.