caper family — noun a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia • Syn: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family … Useful english dictionary
caper — caper1 [kā′pər] vi. [prob. < CAPRIOLE] to skip or jump about in a playful manner; frisk; gambol n. 1. a playful jump or leap 2. a wild, foolish action or prank ☆ 3. Slang a criminal plan or act, esp. a robbery cut a caper or cut capers … English World dictionary
bean-caper family — noun small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea • Syn: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑family Zygophyllaceae • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family … Useful english dictionary
caper — caper1 caperer, n. caperingly, adv. /kay peuhr/, v.i. 1. to leap or skip about in a sprightly manner; prance; frisk; gambol. n. 2. a playful leap or skip. 3. a prank or trick; harebrained escapade. 4. a frivolous, carefree episode or activity. 5 … Universalium
caper — I. noun Etymology: back formation from earlier capers (taken as a plural), from Middle English caperis, from Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis Date: 14th century 1. any of a genus (Capparis of the family Capparidaceae, the caper family) of low… … New Collegiate Dictionary
caper bush — /ˈkeɪpə bʊʃ/ (say kaypuh boosh) noun any of various bushes belonging to the Capparis genus of the Caper family, that grow in the northern parts of inland NSW and in Queensland …
family Capparidaceae — noun a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia • Syn: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑caper family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family … Useful english dictionary
family Zygophyllaceae — noun small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea • Syn: ↑Zygophyllaceae, ↑bean caper family • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot family … Useful english dictionary
Caper elimia — Taxobox name = Caper elimia status = VU | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda ordo = Mesogastropoda familia = Pleuroceridae genus = Elimia species = E. olivula binomial = Elimia olivula binomial… … Wikipedia
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia