Bean caper

bean caper
    n 1: perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and
         southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as
         capers [syn: {bean caper}, {Syrian bean caper},
         {Zygophyllum fabago}]
    

Bean caper \Bean" ca`per\ (Bot.)
   A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy
   leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of
   the genus {Zygophyllum}.
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Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
   & Per. al-kabar.]
   1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
      Oriental caper ({Capparis spinosa}), much used for
      pickles.
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   2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Capparis}; -- called also
      {caper bush}, {caper tree}.
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   Note: The {Capparis spinosa} is a low prickly shrub of the
         Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
         brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
         for its buds. The {Capparis sodada} is an almost
         leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
         Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
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   {Bean caper}. See {Bran caper}, in the {Vocabulary}.

   {Caper sauce}, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
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