CLEOME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cleome mean? 

• CLEOME (noun)
  The noun CLEOME has 2 senses:

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

2. tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs

  Familiarity information: CLEOME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLEOME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cleome; spiderflower

Hypernyms ("cleome" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cleome"):

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)

Holonyms ("cleome" is a member of...):

Cleome; genus Cleome (tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical and subtropical annual or perennial herbs or low shrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cleome; genus Cleome

Hypernyms ("Cleome" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Cleome"):

cleome; spiderflower (any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers)

Holonyms ("Cleome" is a member of...):

caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)