caprifig

[ kap-ruh-fig ]

noun

1. the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
2. the fruit itself.

caprifig

/ ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ /

noun

1. a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig

Word History and Origins

Origin of caprifig¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin caprifīcus the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to capri- capri- ( def ) + ficus fig ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of caprifig¹

C15: from Latin caprifīcus literally: goat fig, from caper goat + fīcus fig ¹