cabrafigo
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Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin caprifīcus. Cognate with Spanish cabrahígo and English caprifig.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cabrafigo m (plural cabrafigos)
- an individual fig tree of certain species of Ficus, which produces both male and female flowers and is used to fertilize the female trees of the species
- the accessory fruit of this tree, which is considered inedible by humans
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cabrafigo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega