Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
caper .
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Examples
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Indeed, the caper-plant has an important usage in Sardinian cuisine and its name has a long history with an unknown origin
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It is oftentimes supposed that the stalk of the Origanum maru would be too short and too slender for the purposes described in this passage, and that another plant with a longer and firmer stem, for instance, the caper-plant (capparis spinosa) is the one meant by the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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My ear soon guided me to its entrance, which was marked by a shed encompassed with mossy fragments, and almost concealed by bushes of the caper-plant in full red bloom.
Dreams Waking Thoughts and Incidents Beckford, William 1891
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My ear soon guided me to its entrance, which was marked by a shed encompassed with mossy fragments, and almost concealed by bushes of the caper-plant in full red bloom.
Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents William Beckford 1801
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