caprification

noun

cap·​ri·​fi·​ca·​tion ˌka-prə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

: artificial pollination of figs that usually bear only pistillate flowers by hanging male flowering branches of the caprifig in the trees to facilitate pollen transfer by a fig wasp

Word History

Etymology

Latin caprification-, caprificatio, from caprificare to pollinate by caprification, from caprificus

First Known Use

1601, in the meaning defined above