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cle·o·me  (kl-m)

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.

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[New Latin Cleome, genus name.]

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cleome [klɪˈəʊmɪ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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

[New Latin, of obscure origin]

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Noun	1.	cleome - any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers spiderflower genus Cleome, Cleome - tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs Cleome hassleriana, spider flower, spider plant - native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers Cleome serrulata, Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking clover - plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
	2.	Cleome - tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs genus Cleome dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs caper family, Capparidaceae, family Capparidaceae - a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia cleome, spiderflower - any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers