BEAN CAPER

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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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bean caper" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("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)

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