bean-caper family meaning

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bean-caper family (noun): small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea.

Definition of bean-caper family

  1. small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea

    Synonyms: Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae

    Type of: rosid dicot family

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