CAPPARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capparis mean? 

• CAPPARIS (noun)
  The noun CAPPARIS has 1 sense:

1. tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees

  Familiarity information: CAPPARIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPPARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Capparis; genus Capparis

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)