SC - Capers
LrdRas at aol.com
LrdRas at aol.com
Thu Jun 24 19:01:07 PDT 1999
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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