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| ca·per [ káypər ] (plural ca·pers) |
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1. pickled flower bud: a flower bud of a bush, eaten pickled or salted as a flavoring
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often used in the plural
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2. plant with edible buds: a bush with spiny trailing stems, cultivated for its capers. Native to: Mediterranean. Latin name Capparis spinosa.
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3. plant related to caper: a plant in the same family as the caper. Family Capparidaceae.
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| [14th century. Directly or via French câpres< Latin capparis< Greek kapparis; modern form from misunderstanding -s as the plural suffix] |
