cabrafigo

From Latin caprifīcus. Cognate with Spanish cabrahígo and English caprifig.

• IPA^(key): /kaβɾa̝ˈfiɣo̝/

cabrafigo m (plural cabrafigos)

1. 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
2. the accessory fruit of this tree, which is considered inedible by humans

• Cabras Figas

• 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