bay-leaved caper
- noun
- US
:
caper de hojas de laurel
- The bay-leaved caper thrives in the humid climate of southern Florida.
Examples
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Gardeners often choose the bay-leaved caper for its attractive foliage.
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The bay-leaved caper is an important part of many Central American ecosystems.
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The bay-leaved caper thrives in warm climates.
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Do you know how to care for a bay-leaved caper?
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Gardeners often choose the bay-leaved caper for its attractive foliage.
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The bay-leaved caper thrives in the humid climate of southern Florida.
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Do you know how to care for a bay-leaved caper?
Synonyms
A small tree or shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers from warm places like Florida and the West Indies
A tropical shrub with fragrant flowers and small edible fruit, often called Jamaican caper
A small bush or tree that grows naturally in warm places like southern Florida and Central America
A small tree or shrub that has edible flower buds and fruit
Surface Forms
Morphology
bay-leaved + caper
The phrase is fully compositional: 'bay-leaved' describes having leaves like a bay tree and 'caper' names the caper plant, so together they denote a caper shrub with bay-like leaves. This adjectival + noun plant description follows productive, cross-linguistically common compounding patterns, making the meaning derivable for a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Bay-leaved caper gets its name from how the plant looks: its leaves are like bay leaves and it is a kind of caper plant. That's why the name refers to a 'tropical shrub' gardeners grow for its pretty leaves.
