Caper

kā′pėr, n. the pickled flower-bud of the caper-shrub, much grown in Sicily. It has an agreeable pungency of taste, with a slight bitterne , and is much used in sauces, along with boiled mutton, .— n. Cā′per-tea , a black tea with a knotty curled leaf. [L. and Gr. cap paris .]