(n)perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers, Syn.Zygophyllum fabago, Syrian bean caper
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. (Bot.) A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. [ 1913 Webster ]