caperberry

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noun

Capparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers).

Similar
capercaperbushFlinders rose
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Meanings

nouncaperberry (plural caperberries)

plural caperberries · alternative caper berry

  1. Capparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers).

    Synonyms: caper, caperbush, Flinders rose

  2. A flower bud of a caper tree, sometimes served pickled as a garnish.

    Synonyms: caper

Synonyms & antonyms

nounCapparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers).

Similar
capercaperbushFlinders rose

nounA flower bud of a caper tree, sometimes served pickled as a garnish.

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Origin

Translations

Catalan taperot
  • taperotfruit
Finnish kapris, kaprispensas
  • kaprisplant
  • kaprispensasplant
  • kaprisfruit
  • kaprismarjafruit
  • varrellinen kaprisfruit
French capron
  • capronfruit
German Kapernapfel
  • Kapernapfelfruit
Greek Κάππαρις η ακανθώδης
  • Κάππαρις η ακανθώδης (Kápparis i akanthódis)fruit
Hebrew צלף
  • צלף (tsaláf)fruit
Italian cocuncio
  • cocunciofruit
Spanish alcaparrón, caparrón
  • alcaparrónfruit
  • caparrónfruit
Swedish kapris
  • kaprisfruit
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APA

caperberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caperberry

MLA

“caperberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caperberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caperberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caperberry.

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