CAPRIFIG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does caprifig mean? 

• CAPRIFIG (noun)
  The noun CAPRIFIG has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CAPRIFIG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPRIFIG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caprifig; Ficus carica sylvestris

Hypernyms ("caprifig" is a kind of...):

common fig; common fig tree; Ficus carica; fig (Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit)