capparis spinosa

1. 1.

   prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled

   Synonymscommon caper

   Broadercaper

   Partscaper

Questions about capparis spinosa

What does capparis spinosa mean?

capparis spinosa means "prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled".

What is another word for capparis spinosa?

Close synonyms include common caper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capparis spinosa a common word?

capparis spinosa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.