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ALL meanings of caprification

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  • noun caprification a method of pollinating the edible fig by hanging branches of caprifig flowers in edible fig trees. Parasitic wasps in the caprifig flowers transfer pollen to the edible fig flowers 3
  • noun caprification the pollination of certain cultivated figs through the transfer to them of pollen from the caprifig by a fig wasp 3
  • noun caprification a method of artificial pollination of fig trees by wasps that prick the buds on branches of the caprifig that have been hung in trees of the edible fig. 1
  • noun caprification A process for pollinating figs by hanging clusters of wild fig (caprifig) flowers in the trees (pollen being transferred by wasps). 0
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