Definition of Jamaica caper tree

1. Noun. Shrub of southern Florida to West Indies.

Exact synonyms: Caper Tree, Capparis Cynophallophora
Generic synonyms: Caper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jamaica Caper Tree

Jakob Hermandszoon
Jakob Liebmann Beer
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm
Jakobson
Jalalabad
Jalen
Jalisco
Jam.
Jamaat ul-Fuqra
Jamahiriya
Jamaica
Jamaica Channel
Jamaica apple
Jamaica bayberry
Jamaica caper tree (current term)
Jamaica dogwood
Jamaica honeysuckle
Jamaica rum
Jamaica shorts
Jamaica sorrel
Jamaican
Jamaican Creole
Jamaican Maroon Spirit Possession Language
Jamaican capital
Jamaican cherry
Jamaican dollar
Jamaican vomiting sickness
Jamaicans

Literary usage of Jamaica caper tree

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Trees by Alice Lounsberry (1900)
"Jamaica caper tree. ... There is an inspiration to be had from the pure, white flowers of the Jamaica caper tree, with their long filaments as delicate and ..."

2. Flora of Miami: Being Descriptions of the Seed-plants Growing Naturally on by John Kunkel Small (1913)
"... ovate-lanceolate: corolla about 3 cm. wide: fruit-body mostly 20-30 cm. long.—Coastal sand-dunes and hammocks.—FK (Bah., Cuba, Ant.)—JAMAICA CAPER-TREE. ..."

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