bean-caper

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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)

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.
“bean-caper”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Zygophyllum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Zygophyllum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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