bean-caper

English

An invasive bean-caper plant in Torrevieja, Spain.

Alternative forms

• beancaper

Etymology

The flower buds are used as capers.

Noun

bean-caper (plural bean-capers)

1. Any perennial herb of genus Zygophyllum
   1. especially Zygophyllum fabago (Syrian bean-caper), native to Asia and Eastern Europe, introduced and invasive in arid regions elsewhere.

References

• Zygophyllum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “bean-caper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “bean-caper”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Zygophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Zygophyllum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons