1. usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers; [syn: Zygophyllum, genus Zygophyllum]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Zygophyllum
n 1: usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling
foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean
capers [syn: Zygophyllum, genus Zygophyllum]