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Definition of Capparis
1. Noun. Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caper Family, Capparidaceae, Family Capparidaceae
Member holonyms: Caper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capparis
Literary usage of Capparis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"capparis GRISEBACHII Eich. Dry, rocky roadsides at east end. April (381). ...
capparis JAMAICENSIS Jacq. Rocky roadside on the north side near Salt River. ..."
2. The Timber Trees, Timber and Fancy Woods, as Also, the Forests, of India and by Edward Balfour (1870)
"capparis grandis, Klein., syn. of capparis grandis, Lian. capparis maxima, Heyne
in Roth., syn. of capparis grandis, Linn. capparis trifoliata, Roxb. ..."
3. The plants of the Bible, trees and shrubs by John Hutton Balfour (1857)
"After a careful examination, Dr Royle has come to the conclusion that the hyssop
of the Bible is one of the caper plants (capparis spinosa or capparis ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1856)
"... smell at this plant during the sexual congress, the chances of conception will
be greatly promoted thereby. CHAP. 59. THE capparis OB CAPER : EIGHTEEN ..."
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