SC - Capers

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ca*per [1] (noun)

[back-formation from earlier capers (taken as a plural), from Middle English 
caperis, from Latin capparis, from Greek kapparis]

First appeared 14th Century

 1 : any of a genus (Capparis of the family Capparidaceae, the caper family) 
of low prickly shrubs of the Mediterranean region; especially : one (C. 
spinosa) cultivated for its buds

 2 : one of the greenish flower buds or young berries of the caper pickled 
and used as a seasoning or garnish

A srarting point.....:-)

Ras
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