CAPPARIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Capparis mean? • CAPPARIS (noun)
The noun CAPPARIS has 1 sense:
1. tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees
Familiarity information: CAPPARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CAPPARIS (noun)
Meaning:
Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Capparis; genus Capparis
Hypernyms ("Capparis" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Capparis"):
caper (any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis)
Holonyms ("Capparis" is a member of...):
caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)
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