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caprifig

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caprifig (kăp`rəfĭg'): see fig fig, name for members of the genus Ficus of the family Moraceae ( mulberry family). This large genus contains some 800 species of widely varied tropical vines (some of which are epiphytic); shrubs; and trees, including the banyan, the peepul, or bo tree, and
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Under cultivated conditions in the Middle East, branches from caprifig trees are hung in Smyrna fig trees in order to insure the process of caprification - that is, transfer of caprifig pollen, by wasps, to flowers of the Smyrna fig.
GARDENING : GIVE A FIG ABOUT FRUIT OF THE BIBLICAL TREE OF KNOWLEDGE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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