Meaning | Any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers. |
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Synonym | cleome |
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Member of | genus Cleome, Cleome | Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs |
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Narrower | Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking clover, Cleome serrulata | plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers |
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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 |
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Spanish | cleome |
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Catalan | cleome |
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