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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America;
[syn: caper tree, bay-leaved caper, Capparis flexuosa]

2. shrub of southern Florida to West Indies;
[syn: caper tree, Jamaica caper tree, Capparis cynophallophora]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Caper bush \Ca"per bush`\, Caper tree \Ca"per tree`\ See Capper, a plant, 2. [1913 Webster] Capercailzie
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

caper tree n 1: shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America [syn: caper tree, bay-leaved caper, Capparis flexuosa] 2: shrub of southern Florida to West Indies [syn: caper tree, Jamaica caper tree, Capparis cynophallophora]