Zygophyllum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zygophyllum \Zy`go*phyl*lum\, prop. n.
     1. A genus of usually tropical herbs or shrubs having
        ill-smelling foliage and flower buds that are used as
        capers: bean capers.
  
     Syn: genus Zygophyllum.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Zygophyllum
       n : usually tropical herbs or shrubs having ill-smelling foliage
           and flower buds that are used as capers: bean capers
           [syn: {genus Zygophyllum}]