Definition of Cleome

1. Noun. Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers.

Exact synonyms: Spiderflower
Group relationships: Genus Cleome
Specialized synonyms: Cleome Hassleriana, Spider Flower, Spider Plant, Cleome Serrulata, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Stinking Clover
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant

2. Noun. Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs.
Exact synonyms: Genus Cleome
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Caper Family, Capparidaceae, Family Capparidaceae
Member holonyms: Spiderflower

Definition of Cleome

1. a tropical plant [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleome

Clement Richard Attlee
clemizole
clemmed
clemming
clems
clenbuterol
clench
clenched
clenched fist
clenched fist sign
clencher
clenchers
clenches
clenching
cleoid
cleome (current term)
cleomes
Cleome hassleriana
Cleome pinnata
Cleome serrulata
Cleopatra
clepe
cleped
clepes
cleping
clepsydra
clepsydrae
clepsydras
clept
cleptoparasite

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