bean-caper family

Definitions of bean-caper family
  1. noun
    small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea
    synonyms: Zygophyllaceae, family Zygophyllaceae
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    type of:
    rosid dicot family
    a family of dicotyledonous plants
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