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Definition of Caprification

Caprification
Caprification Cap`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.] The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. Note: It is supposed that the little insects insure fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient times, but its benefit has been disputed.

Meaning of Caprification from wikipedia

- secure their crop, fig farmers around the Mediterranean help in the caprification (the process of fig pollination). This process is done by buying male...
- Swingle, Walter T. (1899). "Diœcism of the fig in its bearing upon caprification". Science. 10 (251): 570–574. Bibcode:1899Sci....10..570S. doi:10.1126/science...
- California, 1955. The Fig. Chronica Botanica Co., 1947. Caprifigs and Caprification. University of California Press, 1922. The Loquat. University of California...
- W. 7: 152–156 (1892). Insects living in figs, with some account of caprification. Agric. Gaz. N. S. W. 11: 447–456, 1 pl. (1900). with Frederic Webster...