# caprification

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A process for ripening, or pollinating, figs by means of their being punctured artificially, in a manner designed to replicate the way they are pierced by certain insects, which was once thought to aid in their reproduction.

## Etymology
From Latin caprifīcātiōnem, ultimately from Latin caprifīcus (“wild fig tree”).

## Source
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