bean-caper family

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• bean-caper family — noun small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea • Syn: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑family Zygophyllaceae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family …   Useful english dictionary

• bean caper — n. any of a genus (Zygophyllum) of plants of the caltrop family having buds used as capers …   English World dictionary

• family Zygophyllaceae — noun small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea • Syn: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑bean caper family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family …   Useful english dictionary

• caper — caper1 [kā′pər] vi. [prob. < CAPRIOLE] to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frisk; gambol n. 1. a playful jump or leap 2. a wild, foolish action or prank ☆ 3. Slang a criminal plan or act, esp. a robbery cut a caper or cut capers …   English World dictionary

• rosid dicot family — noun a family of dicotyledonous plants • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Connaraceae, ↑family Connaraceae, ↑zebrawood family, ↑Leguminosae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… …   Wikipedia

• The Great Simoleon Caper — is a short story by Neal Stephenson that appeared in TIME Domestic SPECIAL ISSUE, Spring 1995 Volume 145, No. 12 (March 1, 1995). It deals with concepts familiar to Stephenson s fans: encryption, digital currency and distributed republics. It… …   Wikipedia

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• Zygophyllum — noun usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers • Syn: ↑genus Zygophyllum • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑family Zygophyllaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• genus Zygophyllum — noun usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers • Syn: ↑Zygophyllum • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑family Zygophyllaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Zygophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction  the creosote bush order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 2 families (Zygophyllaceae and Krameriaceae), 27 genera, and about 300 species. Members are herbs or shrubs, rarely hemiparasites, and largely… …   Universalium