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caprifig

/kap-ruh-fig/US // ˈkæp rəˌfɪg //UK // (ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ) //

帽子,岬角,帽状物,帽檐

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the wild fig, Ficus carica, bearing an inedible fruit used in pollination of the edible fig.
    • : the fruit itself.

Examples

  • The one (caprifig) produces only male or pollen-yielding flowers.

  • Then they brought in the wild Caprifig from Smyrna and planted it side by side with the Smyrna figs, but still with no result.

  • Inside the caprifig are the grubs of the fig-wasp, which rejoice in the name of Blastophaga grossorum.

  • At the same time she covers the ordinary flowers with pollen from the caprifig.