caprifig
/kap-ruh-fig/US // ˈkæp rəˌfɪg //UK // (ˈkæprɪˌfɪɡ) //
帽子,岬角,帽状物,帽檐
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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