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SYRIAN BEAN CAPER
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
Synonyms:
bean caper; Syrian bean caper; Zygophyllum fabago
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Syrian bean caper" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Syrian bean caper" is a member of...):
genus Zygophyllum; Zygophyllum (usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers)