caprifig
cap·ri·fig
caprifig · caprifigs
A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of…A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
/ˈkæpɹəˌfɪɡ/
» The male of a fig tree is called a caprifig.
Значение
значений: 1A hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in both cultivated and uncultivated Ficus trees.
Ещё определения
- wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
Примеры
предложений: 1The male of a fig tree is called a caprifig.
Происхождение
Borrowed from Latin caprifīcus.Borrowed from Latin caprifīcus.
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Формы
мн. число: caprifigsСинонимы
синонимов: 1Близкие по смыслу
- wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs:Ficus carica sylvestris
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 1Связанныеcaprify