cap·ri·fi·ca·tion (k p r -f -k  shn)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 caprif  ctio, caprifcti n-, from caprifctus, past participle of caprifcre, to ripen figs by caprification, from caprifcus, caprifig; see caprifig.] |
caprification [ˌkæprɪfɪˈkeɪʃən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) 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
[from Latin caprifīcātiō, from caprifīcāre to pollinate figs by this method, from caprifīcus caprifig]
caprification
the pollination process of figs, in which fig wasps, attracted by the caprifigs, or inedible fig-fruit, pollinate the figs. — caprificator, n.
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