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CAPPARIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees
Synonyms:
Capparis; genus Capparis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Capparis" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Capparis"):
caper (any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis)
Holonyms ("Capparis" is a member of...):
caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)