bean caper

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bean caper

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a shrub, Zygophyllum fabago, of E Mediterranean regions, whose flower buds are eaten as a substitute for capers: family Zygophyllaceae

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bean caper - perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers

Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago

genus Zygophyllum, Zygophyllum - usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers

bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

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