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Capparis

noun

tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees

• Syn: ↑genus Capparis

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae, ↑caper family

• Member Meronyms: ↑caper

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\\ˈkapərə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, caper, from Greek kapparis

: a genus (the type of the family Capparidaceae) of shrubs or small trees widely distributed in warm regions, sometimes climbing by stipular thorns, and having simple leaves and showy flowers with four sepals, four petals, and numerous stamens — see caper I

Useful english dictionary. 2012.