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SPIDER FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spider flower mean?
• SPIDER FLOWER (noun)
The noun SPIDER FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
Familiarity information: SPIDER FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cleome hassleriana; spider flower; spider plant
Hypernyms ("spider flower" is a kind of...):
cleome; spiderflower (any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers)
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