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Cape Dutch
Cape gooseberry
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Cape Malay
Cape primrose
Cape Verdean
capeesh
capelin
capellini
caper
caper spurge
capercaillie
Capetian
capias
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caper1
▶verb skip or dance about in a lively or playful way. ▶noun
- 1 a playful skipping movement.
- 2 informal an illicit or ridiculous activity or escapade.
– phrases
cut a caper make a playful, skipping movement.
cut a caper make a playful, skipping movement.
– derivatives
caperer noun.
caperer noun.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caper2
▶noun
- 1 a cooked and pickled flower bud of a bramble-like southern European shrub, used in pickles and sauces.
- 2 the shrub from which capers are taken. [Capparis spinosa.]
– origin ME: from Fr. câpres or L. capparis, from Gk kapparis; later interpreted as pl.
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