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Cleome

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Noun

1. cleome, spiderflower

any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers

2. cleome, genus cleome

tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cleome

see synonyms of cleome
noun
any herbaceous or shrubby plant of the mostly tropical capparidaceous genus Cleome, esp C. spinosa, cultivated for their clusters of white or purplish flowers with long stamens

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Cleome

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noun
any of a large genus (Cleome) of mostly tropical plants of the caper family, with white, pink, yellow, green, or purple flowers having stalked petals and long stamens; spider flower
see also bee plant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cleome

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n.
Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome, native chiefly to warm regions and including several ornamentals. Also called spider flower.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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