caprificationn.

/ˌkaprɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin caprifīcātiōn-em, noun of action < caprifīcāre ‘to ripen figs by the stinging of the gall-insect’, < caprifīcus the wild fig tree ( < caper, caprum goat + fīcus fig tree, fig).

1. A process resorted to for ripening figs by means of the puncture of insects produced on the wild fig (Caprificus), or by puncturing them artificially.‘According to the investigations of modern science, it is proved to be not only unnecessary but positively injurious.’ (R. Thompson in Treasury Bot.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > fruit-ripening process

caprification1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 545 As touching the ripening of Figges by Caprification, true it is, that there be certain flies like gnats engender in greene figs, which are the occasion thereof.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 171 The effects of caprification in fig-trees.

1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1802) II. 411 Caprification, or the piercing of figs in the island of Malta, is said to ripen them sooner.

1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. vi. 280 Causes so essentially different as fertilisation and caprification.

1870 A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 107 The Maltese practice caprification extensively, by attaching the fruit of the wild fig by strings to the branches of the domesticated trees.

2. Artificial fertilization.

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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun]

gooding1473

manuring1577

battling1600

fatting1600

fertilage1610

fertilizing1655

laetation1664

mending1707

top-dressing1744

boning1795

caprification1836

manurance1854

management1877

soil amendment1915

side dressing1950

fertigation1967

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 273 This kind of caprification..practised with the date palm, and which has been mentioned by Herodotus.

1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 368 Bees..performing an important part..by masculation or caprification, and the conveyance of pollen.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 243/2 An artificial means of ensuring fertilisation..a small feather is inserted and turned round in the cavity. This operation is called caprification.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	caprification
释义	caprificationn. /ˌkaprɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin caprifīcātiōn-em, noun of action < caprifīcāre ‘to ripen figs by the stinging of the gall-insect’, < caprifīcus the wild fig tree ( < caper, caprum goat + fīcus fig tree, fig). 1. A process resorted to for ripening figs by means of the puncture of insects produced on the wild fig (Caprificus), or by puncturing them artificially.‘According to the investigations of modern science, it is proved to be not only unnecessary but positively injurious.’ (R. Thompson in Treasury Bot.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > fruit-ripening process caprification1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 545 As touching the ripening of Figges by Caprification, true it is, that there be certain flies like gnats engender in greene figs, which are the occasion thereof. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 171 The effects of caprification in fig-trees. 1794–6 E. Darwin Zoonomia (1802) II. 411 Caprification, or the piercing of figs in the island of Malta, is said to ripen them sooner. 1835 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. vi. 280 Causes so essentially different as fertilisation and caprification. 1870 A. L. Adams Notes Naturalist Nile Valley & Malta 107 The Maltese practice caprification extensively, by attaching the fruit of the wild fig by strings to the branches of the domesticated trees. 2. Artificial fertilization. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] gooding1473 manuring1577 battling1600 fatting1600 fertilage1610 fertilizing1655 laetation1664 mending1707 top-dressing1744 boning1795 caprification1836 manurance1854 management1877 soil amendment1915 side dressing1950 fertigation1967 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 273 This kind of caprification..practised with the date palm, and which has been mentioned by Herodotus. 1859 R. F. Burton Lake Regions Central Afr. in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 368 Bees..performing an important part..by masculation or caprification, and the conveyance of pollen. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 243/2 An artificial means of ensuring fertilisation..a small feather is inserted and turned round in the cavity. This operation is called caprification. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1601
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