caprifig vs Ficus carica

caprifig and Ficus carica both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
caprifig	Yes	No	No	No
Ficus carica	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Ficus carica is a hypernym of caprifig; that is, Ficus carica is a word with a broader meaning than caprifig:

caprifig: wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
Ficus carica: Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit

Other hypernyms of caprifig include common fig, common fig tree, fig.

caprifig (noun)	Ficus carica (noun)
wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs	Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit