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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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