- caprificare
- ca·pri·fi·cà·rev.tr. (io caprìfico) OB TS agr.fecondare un fico domestico per mezzo di insetti imenotteri\DATA: ca. 1346.ETIMO: dal lat. caprĭfĭcāre, v. anche caprifico.
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caprification — [kap΄rə fi kā′shən] n. 〚L caprificatio, fertilization of figs by the pollination of the gall wasp < caprificare, to fertilize figs (by this process) < caprificus: see CAPRIFIG〛 the pollination of certain cultivated figs through the transfer to… … Universalium
caprificazione — ca·pri·fi·ca·zió·ne s.f. OB TS agr. il caprificare e il suo risultato {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1566. ETIMO: dal lat. caprificatiōne(m), v. anche caprificare … Dizionario italiano
Caprification — Cap ri*fi*ca tion, n. [L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.] The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caprification — noun Etymology: Latin caprification , caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus Date: 1601 artificial pollination of figs that usually bear only pistillate flowers by hanging male flowering branches of the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
CABRAHIGAR — ► verbo transitivo Poner o colgar sartas o ristras de higos silvestres en las higueras. TAMBIÉN encabrahigar * * * cabrahigar (de «cabrafigar») tr. Colgar sartas de higos silvestres en las ↘higueras, con lo que se cree que éstas resultan mejor… … Enciclopedia Universal
cabrafigar — (del lat. «caprificāre»; ant.) tr. Cabrahigar … Enciclopedia Universal
caprificato — ca·pri·fi·cà·to p.pass., agg. → caprificare … Dizionario italiano
cabrahigar — cabrahigar1 m. Terreno poblado de cabrahígos. cabrahigar2 (Del ant. cabrafigar, y este del lat. caprificāre). tr. Colgar sartas de higos silvestres o cabrahígos en las ramas de las higueras, con lo cual se cree que, por mejor fecundación, los… … Diccionario de la lengua española
caprification — [kap΄rə fi kā′shən] n. [L caprificatio, fertilization of figs by the pollination of the gall wasp < caprificare, to fertilize figs (by this process) < caprificus: see CAPRIFIG] the pollination of certain cultivated figs through the transfer … English World dictionary
caprificate — ˈkaprəfə̇ˌkāt, kəˈprif transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: back formation from caprification : to subject to caprification * * * caˈprificate, v. [f. L. caprifīcāre; see next and ate3.] trans. To ripen by caprification. (In mod. Dicts.) … Useful english dictionary
