cleome : Idioms & Phrases
cleome hassleriana
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noun native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
spider plant; spider flower.
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cleome pinnata
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noun perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
Stanleya pinnata; desert plume; prince's-plume.
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cleome serrulata
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noun plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
stinking clover; Rocky Mountain bee plant.
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genus cleome
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noun tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs
Cleome.