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COMMON CAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common caper mean?
• COMMON CAPER (noun)
The noun COMMON CAPER has 1 sense:
1. prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled
Familiarity information: COMMON CAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Capparis spinosa; common caper
Hypernyms ("common caper" is a kind of...):
caper (any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis)
Meronyms (parts of "common caper"):
caper (pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces)
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