cabrahigar

A narrow agricultural term meaning to caprify — to hang branches of the wild fig (cabrahígo) among cultivated fig trees so the fig wasp can pollinate them, a traditional technique in fig cultivation. Essentially unknown outside horticulture and agronomy.

• Los agricultores cabrahigaban las higueras a finales de la primavera. — The farmers caprified the fig trees in late spring.
• Antes de la polinización artificial, se cabrahigaba a mano. — Before artificial pollination, caprification was done by hand.
• Pocas variedades de higo necesitan cabrahigarse hoy en día. — Few fig varieties need to be caprified today.

This is a highly technical horticultural term for one specific pollination method — not a general word for "to pollinate" (polinizar), which is what a learner usually wants.

Often confused with polinizar.