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capri·fi·ca·tion
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caprificationnoun
A process for pollinating figs by hanging clusters of wild fig flowers (of genus Caprificus) in the trees (pollen being transferred by wasps)
Webster Dictionary
Caprificationnoun
the practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects
Etymology: [L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Caprification
kap-ri-fi-kā′shun, n. a method supposed to hasten the ripening of figs, by puncturing.—adj. Cap′riform, goat-shaped. [L. caprificus, the wild fig—caper, a goat, and ficus, a fig.]
Entomology
Caprification
is that method or process through which the Smyrna figs are fertilized by Blastophaga throughthe medium of wild, inedible or "caprifigs."
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of caprification in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of caprification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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