HyperDic: genus_cleome

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Cleome:
NOUNplantgenus Cleome, Cleometropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs
English > genus Cleome: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningTropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs.
SynonymCleome
Member ofCapparidaceae, family Capparidaceae, caper familyA dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes
Membersspiderflower, cleomeAny of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishgenus cleome
Catalangenus cleome

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