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… … Universalium
caprification — [ kaprifikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1710; lat. caprificus « figuier à bouc » ♦ Agric. Opération qui consiste à suspendre parmi les branches d un figuier cultivé des figues sauvages (ou caprifiguesn. f.), pour faciliter la fécondation (par l… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caprification — (v. lat.), schon den Griechen u. Römern bekanntes, in der Levante, auch zum Theil in Italien übliches Verfahren, die Reise der Feigen zu befördern u. sie in größerer Menge zu erhalten. Man hängt über den (allein cultivirten) weiblichen Feigenbaum … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
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 … English World dictionary
caprification — noun Etymology: Latin caprification , caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus Date: 1601 artificial pollination of figs that usually bear only pistillate flowers by hanging male flowering branches of the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
caprification — ˌkaprəfə̇ˈkāshən noun ( s) Etymology: Latin caprification , caprificatio, from caprificatus, past participle of caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, from caprificus wild fig, from capri + ficus fig more at fig : a horticultural operation… … Useful english dictionary
caprification — n. [L. caprificus, wild fig tree] The method or process of pollination by Blastophaga psenes, a chalcid fig wasp, that breeds in wild capri figs and serves to pollinate Smyrna figs … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
caprification — noun A process for pollinating figs by hanging clusters of wild fig flowers (of genus Caprificus) in the trees (pollen being transferred by wasps) … Wiktionary
caprification — (ka pri fi ka sion) s. f. Action d accélérer la maturation des figues, en plaçant sur l arbre certains insectes qui proviennent du figuier sauvage. ÉTYMOLOGIE Bas lat. caprificus, de capra, chèvre, et ficus, figuier (voy. caprifiguier), avec… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
