caprification

caprification
caprification [kap΄rə fi kā′shən]
n.
L caprificatio, fertilization of figs by the pollination of the gall wasp < caprificare, to fertilize figs (by this process) < caprificus: see CAPRIFIG
the pollination of certain cultivated figs through the transfer to them of pollen from the caprifig by a fig wasp

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cap·ri·fi·ca·tion (kăp'rə-fĭ-kāʹshən) n.
A method of assuring pollination of the Smyrna and other edible figs in which flower clusters of the caprifig are hung from trees of the edible fig, allowing wasps to carry pollen from the flowers of the caprifig to those of the edible varieties.
  [Latin caprifīcātio, caprifīcātiōn-, from caprifīcātus, past participle of caprifīcāre, to ripen figs by caprification, from caprifīcus, caprifig. See caprifig.]

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