Caper sauce

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
caper sauce
    n 1: allemande sauce with capers
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caper \Ca"per\, n. [F. c[^a]pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. ?; cf. Ar.
   & Per. al-kabar.]
   1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and
      Oriental caper ({Capparis spinosa}), much used for
      pickles.
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   2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Capparis}; -- called also
      {caper bush}, {caper tree}.
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   Note: The {Capparis spinosa} is a low prickly shrub of the
         Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and
         brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe
         for its buds. The {Capparis sodada} is an almost
         leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan),
         Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries.
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   {Bean caper}. See {Bran caper}, in the {Vocabulary}.

   {Caper sauce}, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.
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