Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Capparis nobilis, a small tree of Australia, with a pulpy fruit of the size of a large orange.
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If the word be a misprint for Ghadá it means a kind of Euphorbia which, with the Arák (wild caper-tree) and the Daum palm (Crucifera thebiaca), is one of the three normal growths of the Arabian desert
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Euphorbia which, with the Arák (wild caper-tree) and the Daum palm (Crucifera thebiaca), is one of the three normal growths of the Arabian desert (Pilgrimage iii.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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