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ZYGOPHYLLUM FABAGO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zygophyllum fabago mean?
• ZYGOPHYLLUM FABAGO (noun)
The noun ZYGOPHYLLUM FABAGO has 1 sense:
1. perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
Familiarity information: ZYGOPHYLLUM FABAGO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bean caper; Syrian bean caper; Zygophyllum fabago
Hypernyms ("Zygophyllum fabago" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("Zygophyllum fabago" is a member of...):
genus Zygophyllum; Zygophyllum (usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers)
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