caper (noun)
1caper tree — noun 1. shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America • Syn: ↑bay leaved caper, ↑Capparis flexuosa • Hypernyms: ↑caper 2. shrub of southern Florida to West Indies • Syn: ↑Jamaica caper tree, ↑ …
2caper — Ⅰ. caper [1] ► VERB ▪ skip or dance about in a lively or playful way. ► NOUN 1) a playful skipping movement. 2) informal an illicit or ridiculous activity or escapade. ● cut a caper Cf. ↑cut a …
3caper family — noun a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia • Syn: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family …
4caper cutting — noun frolicking behaviour See Also: caper cutting, cut a caper, cut capers …
5caper berry — noun Etymology: caper (I) : the small berrylike fruit of the caper …
6caper spurge — noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil • Syn: ↑myrtle spurge, ↑mole plant, ↑Euphorbia lathyris • Hypernyms: ↑spurge • Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbia, ↑ …
7caper white butterfly — noun a large butterfly, Belenois java, with distinctive black and white markings, which makes an annual migration south from Queensland in spring. {named because they lay their eggs on caper bushes and are largely white} …
8caper spurge — noun an ornamental European spurge which has become naturalized in North America. [Euphorbia lathyris.] …
9caper sauce — noun allemande sauce with capers • Hypernyms: ↑sauce …
10bean caper — noun perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers • Syn: ↑Syrian bean caper, ↑Zygophyllum fabago • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Zygophyllum, ↑ …
