caper
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- noun
- /ˈkeɪpər/
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alcaparra
- The recipe called for fresh fish served with a tangy sauce made from capers and lemon.
- tablespoon of capers
- drained capers
- capers and olives
All that it is is garlic, chili, anchovies, olives, capers and pasta.
- All that it is is garlic, chili, anchovies, olives, capers and pasta.
- You can add lots of lovely store cupboard things like capers and olives, Classic.
Examples
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For her special pasta dish, she added capers to enhance the flavor.
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Now, these are the traditional accompaniments around it: capers, chopped onion, and minced parsley.
Fiction book (2001) -
- Put capers on the beef.
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"With your lemon-caper sauce, it was perfect."
Fiction book (1995) -
You will need tomatoes, capers and garlic.
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After ten minutes, no more, add capers and parsley.
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I decided to feast on one of my favorites: cream cheese, salmon, and capers!
Blog text (17) -
There's salad, pine nuts, capers, cheese, and really yummy dressing made out of balsamic.
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She asked for lox, red onions, capers, tomato and plain cream cheese on a cinnamon Raisin bagel.
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I love to sprinkle capers on my salads for an extra burst of flavor.
Synonyms
A low spiny bush that grows in the Mediterranean and has flower buds pickled as capers
A spiny bush from the Mediterranean grown for its pickled flower buds
A small bush whose pickled flower buds are used in cooking
A bush from the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia whose flower buds are used as capers in cooking
Compounds
- Specialized
A group of small trees, shrubs, and herbs that grow in hot, dry, salty places and are sometimes poisonous
- Specialized
A poisonous plant with milky sap whose seeds have an oil once used as a laxative
- Specialized
A woodpecker from the western United States with red feathers under its wings and tail
A small tree or shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers from warm places like Florida and the West Indies
A bush from the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia whose flower buds are used as capers in cooking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Caper for the plant comes from the Latin name capparis, from Greek kapparis, which was the old name for the caper bush, and the pickled flower buds became known as the 'capers' used in cooking.