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Dictionary: dictd_www.dict.org_gcide
Definition: Bean caper

Bean caper \Bean" ca`per\ (Bot.)
A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy
leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of
the genus Zygophyllum.
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Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
& Per. al-kabar.]
1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for
pickles.
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2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also
caper bush, caper tree.
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Note: The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the
Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
for its buds. The Capparis sodada is an almost
leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
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Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary.

Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
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Dictionary: WordNet
Definition: bean caper

bean caper
n : perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and
southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as
capers [syn: Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago]