Caprifig
the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
the fruit itself.
Historical Examples
The Romance of Plant Life G. F. Scott Elliot
The Romance of Plant Life G. F. Scott Elliot
The Romance of Plant Life G. F. Scott Elliot
noun
a wild variety of fig, Ficus carica sylvestris, of S Europe and SW Asia, used in the caprification of the edible fig
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