bean caper : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bean caper	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bean caper
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bean caper n perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers Synonym(s): bean caper, Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[83]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. 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Capparis}; -- called also {caper bush}, {caper tree}. 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 {C. sodada} is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries. {Bean caper}. See {Bran caper}, in the {Vocabulary}. {Caper sauce}, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.