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Caprifig

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Noun

1. caprifig, ficus carica sylvestris

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

ficus carica sylvestris

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Caprifig

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noun

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

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Caprifig

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noun

the wild fig (Ficus carica var. sylvestris) growing mainly in S Europe and the Near East and used in caprification

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Caprifig

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n.

1. A wild variety of Mediterranean fig (Ficus carica) used in the caprification of certain edible figs.

2. The pear-shaped structure on this plant that encloses numerous small flowers and later develops into an inedible multiple fruit.

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