Definitions for caprifig

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caprifig cap·ri·fig

Spelling: [kap-ruh-fig]

IPA: /ˈkæp rəˌfɪg/

Caprifig is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 169 anagrams from letters in caprifig (acfgiipr).

Definitions for caprifig

noun

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

Origin of caprifig

1350-1400; Middle English Latin caprifīcus the wild fig tree, literally, the goat-fig, equivalent to capri- capri- + ficus fig¹

Examples for caprifig

Inside the caprifig are the grubs of the fig-wasp, which rejoice in the name of Blastophaga grossorum.

The one (caprifig) produces only male or pollen-yielding flowers.

At the same time she covers the ordinary flowers with pollen from the caprifig.