bean-caper family
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| Noun | 1. |  bean-caper family - small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrearosid dicot family - a family of dicotyledonous plants Geraniales, order Geraniales - an order of plants of subclass Rosidae including geraniums and many other plants; see Euphorbiaceae; Geraniaceae; Rutaceae; Malpighiaceae; Simaroubaceae; Meliaceae; Zygophyllaceae; Tropaeolaceae genus Zygophyllum, Zygophyllum - usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers Bulnesia, genus Bulnesia - palo santo genus Guaiacum, Guaiacum - small genus of evergreen resinous trees or shrubs of warm and tropical America genus Larrea, Larrea - xerophytic evergreen shrubs; South America to southwestern United States genus Tribulus, Tribulus - annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs of warm regions |
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