Obs. rare–1. [ad. L. caprifīc-us: cf. F. caprifiguier.] The wild fig.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., IV. 589. Sum men sette amonge hem caprifige Tree, that it nede not for remedie To honge on every tree that trees fige.
1866. Treas. Bot., 492. A wild sort called the Caprifig. [see CAPRIFY.]
