caprifig

American  

[kap-ruh-fig] / ˈkæp rəˌfɪg /

noun

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

2. the fruit itself.

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caprifig British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of caprifig

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