caperberry

Definitions

noun The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
noun The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).

noun Capparis spinosa, a perennial winter-deciduous plant that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and large white to pinkish-white flowers, often eaten as pickled buds (capers).
noun A fruit produced by the flowering bud of the caper, sometimes served pickled as a mezze.

caper +‎ berry

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When a caper bush is allowed to flower, it forms an edible fruit called a caperberry.

Archive 2007-12-01 Laurie Constantino 2007
When a caper bush is allowed to flower, it forms an edible fruit called a caperberry.

Recipes: Caper Tart & Capers and Eggs (Καπαρόπιτα & Κάπαρη με τ’Αυγά) Laurie Constantino 2007
-- _The almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and the caperberry shall burst_: the three are linked together as being images from natural objects, not because of their symbolising similar things.

Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886
_The caperberry shall burst_: the last stage of its decay: the failing powers at last give way.

Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature Richard Green Moulton 1886
Possibilities include the little caper and its bigger, crunchier sister, the caperberry, any of the gherkin family and almost any blue cheese.

The Guardian World News 2010