cleome : Idioms & Phrases


cleome hassleriana

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • noun tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs
    Cleome.
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