| NOUN | plant | spiderflower, cleome | any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers |
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| Meaning | Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers. | |
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| Synonym | cleome | |
| Member of | genus Cleome, Cleome | Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs |
| Narrower | Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking clover, Cleome serrulata | plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers |
| spider flower, spider plant, Cleome hassleriana | Native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States | |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Spanish | cleome | |
| Catalan | cleome | |
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