Capparis

In the original we have O spray (or branch) of capparis-shrub (aráki) which has been thinned of leaf and fruit (tujna, i.e., whose fruit, the hymen, has been plucked before and not by me) I see thee (aráka) against me sinning ❋ Unknown (2006)

The capparis spinosa is a common desert-growth and the sticks about a span long (usually called Miswák), are sold in quantities at Meccah after being dipped in Zemzem water. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Capparides, and was thought to be a capparis; the gouty habit of the stem, which was soft and spongy, gave it an appearance of disease: but as all the specimens, from the youngest plant to the full-grown tree, possessed the same deformed appearance, it was evidently the peculiarity of its habit. ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)

The only plants that were found upon this rock were a prickly capparis and a leafless ficus, the latter bearing clusters of small, whitish, globular fruit: these plants, with a small hibiscus, were the chief productions of the rock; and have probably been produced from seeds deposited there by birds. ❋ Phillip Parker King (N/A)

It is oftentimes supposed that the stalk of the Origanum maru would be too short and too slender for the purposes described in this passage, and that another plant with a longer and firmer stem, for instance, the caper-plant (capparis spinosa) is the one meant by the ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

I know that the branch has been plucked before thee; So, O capparis-branch, thou dost wrong, it is plain. ❋ Anonymous (1879)

[FN#41] Araka, a capparis-tree, (acc.) means also, "I see thee." ❋ Anonymous (1879)

A few specimens of the native orange-tree, capparis, were seen. ❋ Ernest Giles (1866)

Two stunted specimens of the native orange-tree or capparis were seen where I had left the two casks. ❋ Ernest Giles (1866)

During the day we saw some native poplars, quandong, or native peach, capparis, or native orange, and a few scented sandal-wood-trees; nearly all of these different kinds of trees were very stunted in their growth. ❋ Ernest Giles (1866)

For instance on the north-west coast they eat a species of oyster (unio) the almonds of the pandanus, wild grapes, guavas, the excellent fruit of a species of capparis, and many other articles which are not known upon the south-west coast; but these are procured and cooked in the same manner as the articles which I have already enumerated. ❋ George Grey (1855)

[FN#47] In text, "Yasta'amilúna al-Mrd," which may have a number of meanings, e.g. "work frowardness" (Maradd), or "work the fruit of the tree Arák" (Maradd = wild capparis) and so forth. ❋ Anonymous (1855)

Indian rubber, gum tragacynth, another gum yielded by a sort of capparis and which I believe to be hitherto unknown, and two kinds of gum resin. ❋ George Grey (1855)

At the foot of the capparis, the bauhinia, and the zygophyllum with flowers of a golden yellow, there extends a carpet of ❋ Unknown (1851)

The road, or rather path, which leads to Cumanacoa, runs along the right bank of the Manzanares, passing by the hospital of the Capuchins, situated in a small wood of lignum-vitae and arborescent capparis. ❋ Unknown (1851)

As they are not acquainted with the use of ovens, they place twigs of desmanthus, cassia, and the arborescent capparis, around the pots, and bake them in the open air. ❋ Unknown (1851)

At the foot of the capparis, the bauhinia, and the zygophyllum with flowers of a golden yellow, there extends a carpet of Bromelia, * (* Chihuchihue, of the family of the ananas.) akin to the B. karatas, which from the odour and coolness of its foliage attracts the rattlesnake. ❋ Alexander Von Humboldt (1814)

But I love, notwithstanding, the capparis-tree, For, whenas I name it I say, "Thee I see." [ ❋ Anonymous (1879)