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Definition of Caper tree
1. Noun. Shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America.
2. Noun. Shrub of southern Florida to West Indies.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caper Tree
Literary usage of Caper tree
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of by John Timbs (1855)
"... Kensington, has a sheltered garden, in which the wild olive once flourished;
and here a caper-tree produced fruit yearly for a century. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Caper-tree, n. The Australian tree of this name is Capparis no- bilis, F. v. ...
10 : " Native caper tree or Wild Pomegranate. ..."
3. 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 ..."
4. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"caper tree.' See Capparis. Capitate. Having a head ; pin-headed, as the stigma
of the Primrose. ... Caper-tree. From kabar, the Arabic name for Capers. Nat. ..."
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